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oyster drill

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Definition of oyster drill

: drill sense 4a

Examples of oyster drill in a Sentence

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 Huge numbers of the Olympias in Tomales Bay and San Francisco Bay are being devoured by voracious alien whelk snails, known as Atlantic oyster drills. — Peter Fimrite, SFChronicle.com, "Oysters in peril as warming climate alters the water in their habitats," 8 Aug. 2019

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First Known Use of oyster drill

1900, in the meaning defined above

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