See Also: oyster-shell(dictionary)
oyster bed(dictionary)
oyster(dictionary)
Oyster(medicine)
oyster(encyclopedia)
oyster(dictionary)
Oyster(recipes)
Oyster Soup(recipes)
Porter's Oyster Bar(tourism)
Oyster mushrooms(recipes)

oyster-shell (iou)



oyster-shell noun. LME.
[from OYSTER noun + SHELL noun.]
A shell of an oyster. LME.
More fully oyster-shell veneer. = oyster-veneer s.v. OYSTER noun. E20.
Comb.: oyster-shell scale N. Amer. (the disease caused by) a scale insect, Lepidosaphes ulmi, which attacks many trees and shrubs, including commercial fruit and hardwood trees; oyster-shell veneer: see sense 2 above.