oysterhood

English

Etymology

oyster +‎ -hood

Noun

oysterhood (uncountable)

1. The state of being an oyster.
   • 1867, The North British Review, volume 46, page 195:

     It has been computed that two millions of these ciliated embryos may be produced by a single oyster, but few, comparatively speaking, grow up to oysterhood.

   • 1934, Pamphlets on Biology: Kofoid collection, volume 2482, page 64:

     Only a miserable remnant of the oyster's progeny arrives at the stage of adult oysterhood.