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Definition of Genus ostrea
1. Noun. Type genus of the family Ostreidae.
Generic synonyms: Mollusk Genus
Group relationships: Family Ostreidae, Ostreidae
Member holonyms: Blue Point, Bluepoint, Japanese Oyster, Ostrea Gigas
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Ostrea
Literary usage of Genus ostrea
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Fieldiana by Field Museum of Natural History, Chicago Natural History Museum, Field Columbian Museum (1895)
"THE genus ostrea. The genus Ostrea has many representatives in the strata of the
Cretaceous System, although the entire system comprises a part only of its ..."
2. Publication by Field Columbian Museum, Field Museum of Natural History (1902)
"THE genus ostrea. The genus Ostrea has many representatives in the strata of the
Cretaceous System, although the entire system comprises a part only of its ..."
3. The International Cyclopedia: A Compendium of Human Knowledge, Rev. with by Selim Hobart Peabody, Charles Francis Richardson (1898)
"In the genus ostrea the shell is irregular and attached by the left valve, ...
The genus ostrea commences in the carboniferous stas, abounds in the ..."
4. Edinburgh New Philosophical Journal, Exhibiting a View of the Progressive by Robert Jameson, Sir William Jardine, Henry D Rogers (1837)
"These microscopic crustaceous remains occur at Wardie, chiefly in the slate, and
are to be seen in conjunction with a small shell of the genus Ostrea, ..."
5. The Bear River Formation and Its Characteristic Fauna by Charles Abiathar White (1895)
"Genus OSTREA Linnaeus. ... from the Bear River formation are numerous examples
of a small oyster belonging to the typical section of the genus Ostrea. ..."
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