Usually means: Eating oysters or similar mollusks.
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  1. ostreophagous: Merriam-Webster
  2. ostreophagous: Collins English Dictionary
  3. ostreophagous: Wordnik
  4. ostreophagous: Wiktionary
  5. ostreophagous: The Phrontistery - A Dictionary of Obscure Words

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Definitions from Wiktionary (ostreophagous)

▸ adjective:  oyster-eating

Similar:
ostreiform, ostreaceous, malacophagous, ichthyphagous, ichthyophagian, carpophagous, ichthyophagan, ichthyophagous, zooplanktophagous, etheostomoid, more...

Opposite:
non-ostreophagous, non-shellfish eater

Types:
oyster, clam, scallop, mussel, cockle, more...

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Similar:
ostreiform, ostreaceous, malacophagous, ichthyphagous, ichthyophagian, carpophagous, ichthyophagan, ichthyophagous, zooplanktophagous, etheostomoid, more...

Opposite:
non-ostreophagous, non-shellfish eater

Types:
oyster, clam, scallop, mussel, cockle, more...



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