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Blue point

noun

Oysters originally from Long Island Sound but now from anywhere along the northeastern seacoast; usually eaten raw. Synonym: bluepoint.

Small edible oyster typically from the southern shore of Long Island. Synonym: bluepoint.

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"Blue point" Quotes from Famous Books

... rather easier to interpolate Blue Point oyster shells at Dunbuie. On the other hand, two splinters of stone, inserted into a bone and a tyne of deer's horn, figured by Dr. Munro among Dumbuck and Dunbuie finds, seem to me rather too stupid ...

— The Clyde Mystery - a Study in Forgeries and Folklore • Andrew Lang

... making?" asked Emmeline, releasing the bird, which flew into one of the branches of the artu and rested there, a blue point ...

— The Blue Lagoon - A Romance • H. de Vere Stacpoole

... robin in Hackensack, the stirring of the maple sap in Bennington, the budding of the pussy willows along Main Street in Syracuse, the first chirp of the bluebird, the swan song of the Blue Point, the annual tornado in St. Louis, the plaint of the peach pessimist from Pompton, N. J., the regular visit of the tame wild goose with a broken leg to the pond near Bilgewater Junction, the base attempt of the Drug Trust to boost the price of ...

— The Voice of the City • O. Henry

Words linked to "Blue point" : genus Ostrea, bluepoint, Ostrea, oyster, blue point Siamese, huitre