genus ostrea

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   type genus of the family Ostreidae

   SynonymsOstrea

   Broadermollusk genus

   Part ofOstreidae

Questions about genus ostrea

What does genus ostrea mean?

genus ostrea means "type genus of the family Ostreidae".

What is another word for genus ostrea?

Close synonyms include Ostrea. 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 ostrea a common word?

genus ostrea 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.