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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

oystershell en · NOUN

Etymology

From oyster + shell.

Meanings

  1. The shell of an oyster.
    • The very poor will sometimes adorn the graves of those they love with oystershells, or flintstones, or small plaster busts, or tiles […] 1858, Ecclesiological Society, The Ecclesiologist:

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