transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈȯis-tər ]
noun
Usage: often attributive
Etymology: Middle English oistre, from Anglo-French, from Latin ostrea, from Greek ostreon; akin to Greek ostrakon shell, osteon bone — more at osseous
Date: 13th century
1.
a. : any of various marine bivalve mollusks (family Ostreidae) that have a rough irregular shell closed by a single adductor muscle and include commercially important shellfish
b. : any of various mollusks resembling or related to the oysters
2. : something that is or can be readily made to serve one's personal ends
the world was her oyster
3. : a small mass of muscle contained in a concavity of the pelvic bone on each side of the back of a fowl
4. : an extremely taciturn person
5. : a grayish-white color