Oyster (disambiguation)
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An oyster is a bivalve mollusc.
Oyster may also refer to:
Flora and fauna
- Ostreidae, the family of true oysters
Art and culture
Literature
- Oyster (magazine), Australian magazine about pop-culture
- The Oyster, a Victorian erotic magazine
- Oyster (novel), by Janette Turner Hospital
- "Oysters" (short story), by Anton Chekhov
- Oyster, a character in the novel Lullaby by Chuck Palahniuk
Music
- Oyster (album), by Heather Nova
Technology
- Oyster card, a smart card utilising near field communication used on public transport in and around London, UK
- Oyster wave energy converter, a device that transforms the motion of ocean waves to create electricity
- Oyster (company), an e-book subscription service
- Oyster Yachts, a boat building company
- Oysters LLC, an Linux Sailfish OS smartphone manufacturer
Places
- Oyster, Virginia, a community on the Atlantic Coast of the Eastern Shore of the U.S. state of Virginia
Other uses
- Oyster (fowl), a cut of poultry
- A shade of the color beige
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See also
- Rocky Mountain oysters, bull testicles served as food
- Oyster Creek (disambiguation)
- Oyster Plant (disambiguation)
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