/oy"steuhr shel'/
a scale insect, Lepidosaphes ulmi, having a scale shaped like the shell of an oyster, which infests various deciduous trees and shrubs. Also called oyster scale .
[ 1875-80, Amer.; OYSTER + SHELL ]
/oy"steuhr shel'/
a scale insect, Lepidosaphes ulmi, having a scale shaped like the shell of an oyster, which infests various deciduous trees and shrubs. Also called oyster scale .
[ 1875-80, Amer.; OYSTER + SHELL ]
Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary. Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House . 2012