English-Dutch translations for oyster

oester
De Japanse oester heeft in de Noordzee een aangenaam leefklimaat gevonden zonder natuurlijke vijanden, maar deze oester groeit eigenlijk al te voorspoedig. The Japanese oyster has found a pleasant living climate in the North Sea without natural enemies, but this oyster is actually thriving too well. Sommigen beschouwen Groot-Brittannië als de zandkorrel in de oester waaruit de parel is ontstaan. Some might regard Britain as the grit in the oyster that has created the pearl. Want dan mag men ook geen oesters meer openmaken omdat dat wreed is, en er geen citroen meer opdoen omdat dat pijn doet.Otherwise, a halt will have to be called to opening oysters, on the grounds that it is cruel, or to squeezing lemon on them, on the grounds that it causes them suffering.

Any of certain marine bivalve mollusks, especially those of the family Ostreidae , usually found adhering to rocks or other fixed objects in shallow water along the seacoasts, or in brackish water in the mouth of rivers
The delicate morsel of dark meat contained in a small cavity of the bone on each side of the lower part of the back of a fowl
A person who keeps secrets
Of a pale beige colour tinted with grey or pink, like that of an oyster
To fish for oysters

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