Olympia oyster

English

Etymology

Named after Olympia, Washington.

Noun

Olympia oyster (plural Olympia oysters)

  1. A species of edible oyster, Ostrea lurida, native to the North Pacific coast of North America.
    • 2015, Victoria Schlesinger, ‘Backyard evolution’, Aeon, 21 May:
      There’s a nice example, potentially, in San Francisco Bay, which prior to the Gold Rush in the 1850s teemed with Olympia oysters.
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