oyster shells
Pearly marine remnants
Oyster shells are the hard, rough, irregularly shaped protective coverings of oysters.
They accumulate in large quantities where oysters are harvested or consumed, and have practical uses—crushed for chicken feed, garden mulch, or road surfaces in coastal areas.
Middens of oyster shells mark ancient human settlements.
The driveway was paved with crushed oyster shells.
- nacreIridescent shell coating
- shuckingRemoving outer covering
- shucking knifeTool for opening shellfish
- bivalveTwo-shelled mollusk
- calciumElement twenty, builds bones
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- seafood wastefish heads, fish guts, fish scales, fish tails
- beach findssand, seashells, driftwood, pebbles, coral
- shellsseashells, clam, mussel, scallop, cockle
- shell productspearl, pearls, nacre, mother of pearl, cameo
- oyster farminghatchery, hatcheries, spat, seeding, grow-out
- oyster reefspat