spat

Examples

• All

• By observing sets of local spat on the imported oysters, New Haven oystermen found that local seed could be produced by spreading shells from shucking houses on their beds in early July.

  Academic text (1996)

• In 1919, one of the oyster shipments contained attached spat.

  Academic text (1996)

• This drill has oyster spat attached to its shell.

  Academic text (1996)

• About 1-3 spat per large oyster or shell survive to the yearling stage.

  Academic text (1996)

• Before the MSX disease in the late 1950s, oyster spat set in commercial densities on the beds every year.

  Academic text (1996)

• For many years, the oystermen planted mature oysters before spreading shells on their beds to collect spat.

  Academic text (1996)

• In southern China (Guangxi and Fujian provinces), temporary structures placed on the bottom in intertidal habitats to collect spat somewhat resemble natural oyster reefs.

  Academic text (2011)

• Oysters start their lives as spat, usually attached to other oyster shells.

• In 1919, one of the oyster shipments contained attached spat.

• After a few weeks at the hatchery, the spat-on-shell is moved out and planted at various restoration sites.

Synonyms

S

seed oyster

vsspat

• Specialized

6.7

A small oyster that people move to an oyster bed to grow

is an earlier stage just settled from larvae and attached to a surface

Surface Forms

Etymology