: a young oyster especially of a size for transplantation
Examples of seed oyster in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the WebZirlott used to buy seed oysters from Auburn University.—al, 23 May 2019 Factor in the seed oysters shipped across the nation and beyond, and the number jumps to the hundreds of millions.—Richard Stenger, SFChronicle.com, 3 July 2018
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