| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| bluepoint |
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| SYLLABICATION: | blue·point |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  bl  point |
| VARIANT FORMS: | also blue point |
| NOUN: | A small oyster (Crassotrea virginica) found chiefly in coastal waters of the eastern United States and usually eaten raw. | | ETYMOLOGY: | After Blue Point, a locality on Great South Bay, Long Island, New York.
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| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition. Copyright © 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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