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seed oyster
noun
- a young oyster used in the cultivating and transplanting of an oyster bed.
seed oyster
noun
- a young oyster, esp a cultivated oyster, ready for transplantation
Word History and Origins
Origin of seed oyster1
Example Sentences
Founding owner of Mook Sea Farm and Hatchery on Maine’s Damariscotta River, one of the two largest oyster producers in the state, he grows both mature and seed oysters.
Oystermen get permits to work those public beds, harvesting seed oysters to transplant to their own grounds.
The department notes that larger orders may be reduced or split based on availability of larvae and seed oysters.
“You place the seed oysters in the tank, you watch them grow and you put them into action when you dump them overboard.”
Although triploid oysters make up one-third to one-half of all seed oysters along the West Coast, Louisiana State University biologist John Supan “guesstimates” that they may make up about 1 percent of Louisiana’s harvest.
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