genus crassostrea

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   Virginia oysters

   SynonymsCrassostrea

   Broadermollusk genus

   Part ofOstreidae

Questions about genus crassostrea

What does genus crassostrea mean?

genus crassostrea means "Virginia oysters".

What is another word for genus crassostrea?

Close synonyms include Crassostrea. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is genus crassostrea a common word?

genus crassostrea is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.