APA: ƛ̓əx̌ʷƛ̓əx̌ʷ
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Definition: oyster
Scientific name: [Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg) and possibly also Ostrea lurida Carpenter ]
Ethnobiology: This term refers to the the Japanese oyster, which was introduced from Japan in the early 1900s and now occurs along the British Columbia coast outside of the areas where it is cultivated. The term may have originally referred to the much smaller native oyster.