stewart islander

Dictionary of Australasian Words Phrases and Usages by Edward E. Morris

name given to the oyster, Ostrea chiloensis, Sowerby; so called because it isspecially abundant on Stewart Island off the south coast of NewZealand. The Stewart Island forms are mud oysters, those ofSydney Cove growing on rock. See Oyster.

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