oyster Oyster is the common name for a number of different families of salt-water bivalve molluscs that live in marine or brackish habitats. In some species, the valves are highly calcified, and many are somewhat irregular in shape. Many, but no ...

is a bivalve mollusc. Oyster may also refer to: *

Ostreidae The Ostreidae, the true oysters, include most species of molluscs commonly consumed as oysters. Pearl oysters are not true oysters, and belong to the order Pteriida. Like scallops, true oysters have a central adductor muscle, which means the s ...

, the family of true oysters

Arts, entertainment and media

* ''Oyster'' (magazine), an Australian magazine about pop culture * ''

The Oyster ''The Oyster'' was an erotic magazine published in London London is the Capital city, capital and List of urban areas in the United Kingdom, largest city of both England and the United Kingdom, with a population of in . London metropolita ...

'', an 1880s Victorian erotic magazine published in London * ''Oyster'' (novel), by Janette Turner Hospital * "Oysters" (short story), by Anton Chekhov * Oyster, a character in the novel ''

Lullaby A lullaby (), or a cradle song, is a soothing song or piece of music that is usually played for (or sung to) children (for adults see music and sleep). The purposes of lullabies vary. In some societies, they are used to pass down cultural knowl ...

'' by Chuck Palahniuk * ''Oyster'' (Heather Nova album), 1994 * ''Oyster'' (Chloe Moriondo album), 2025 * "Oyster", a 1995 song by Jawbreaker from ''

Dear You ''Dear You'' is the fourth studio album by American punk rock band Jawbreaker, released on September 12, 1995, through DGC Records. While promoting their third studio album '' 24 Hour Revenge Therapy'' (1994), Jawbreaker was approached by a repr ...

Business

Rolex Oyster Rolex () is a Swiss watch brand and manufacturer based in Geneva, Switzerland. Founded in 1905 as ''Wilsdorf and Davis'' by German businessman Hans Wilsdorf and his eventual brother-in-law Alfred Davis in London, the company registered ''Rolex ...

, a model of Rolex watches * Oyster (company), a former streaming service for digital e-books, acquired by Google in 2015 and shut down in 2016 * Oyster Yachts, a British brand of luxury sailing yachts

People

Oyster Burns Thomas P. "Oyster" Burns (September 6, 1864November 11, 1928) was an American professional baseball player whose career spanned 15 seasons, 11 of which were spent with the Major League Baseball (MLB) Wilmington Quicksteps (1884), Baltimore Oriol ...

(1864–1928), American Major League Baseball player *

James F. Oyster James Frederick Oyster (February 14, 1851 – May 19, 1925) was an American politician and merchant who was a member of the District of Columbia Board of Commissioners, president of the D.C. Board of Education. During his time as a commissioner ...

(1851–1925), American government official and merchant * Megan Montefusco (born 1992), née Oyster, American retired professional soccer player

Places

Oyster, Virginia Oyster is a small unincorporated community on the Atlantic Coast of the Eastern Shore of the U.S. state of Virginia in Northampton County. It is at an elevation of 3 feet (1 m) above sea level. Climate The climate in this area is characteriz ...

, United States, an unincorporated community * Oyster Peak, Alberta, Canada * Oyster River (disambiguation), including a list of rivers *

Oyster Creek (New Jersey) Oyster Creek is a U.S. Geological Survey. National Hydrography Dataset high-resolution flowline dataThe National Map accessed April 1, 2011 tributary of Barnegat Bay in southeastern New Jersey in the United States.Gertler, Edward. ''Garden State Ca ...

Oyster Creek (Texas) Oyster Creek is a stream in Texas that rises at at a divergence from ''Dolly's Gully'' near Skinner Lane (Skinner Gate), north of Richmond in Fort Bend County. Likely Oyster Creek formerly rose at the mouth of Dolly's Gully on Jones Creek som ...

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* Oyster (fowl), a cut of poultry * A shade of the color

beige Beige ( ) is variously described as a pale sandy fawn color, a grayish tan, a light-grayish yellowish brown, or a pale to grayish yellow. It takes its name from French, where the word originally meant natural wool that has been neither ble ...

Operation Oyster Operation Oyster was a bombing raid made by the Royal Air Force (RAF) on 6 December 1942 upon the Philips works at Eindhoven, Netherlands. The Philips company was a major producer of electronics equipment, including vacuum tubes for radio commun ...

, a Second World War Royal Air Force bombing raid on the Netherlands *

Oyster card The Oyster card is a Payment#Types_and_methods_of_payment, payment method for public transport in London and some surrounding areas. A standard Oyster card is a blue ISO/IEC 7810, credit-card-sized Stored-value card, stored-value contactless ...

, a smart card utilising near field communication used on public transport in and around London, UK * Oyster wave energy converter, a device that transforms the motion of ocean waves to create electricity * ''The Oyster'', an 1891 book by

William Keith Brooks William Keith Brooks (March 25, 1848 – November 12, 1908) was an American zoologist, born in Cleveland, Ohio, March 25, 1848. Brooks studied embryological development in invertebrates and founded a marine biological laboratory where he and othe ...

(1848–1908), American zoologist

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