oystre

Noun

 * 1) * 1585, Thomas Harriot, quoted in Steve Nicholls, Paradise Found: Nature in America at the Time of Discovery, University of Chicago Press ISBN 9780226583426, page 73
 * Oystres, some very great and some small, some round and some of a long shape.
 * 1) * 1626, Sir Edward Dering, quoted in "Bill of Fare of 1626", Notes and Queries (14 December 1815), page 99
 * pickled oystres a barrell ... 1s. 6d.
 * pickled oystres a barrell ... 1s. 6d.

Etymology
From three separate sources:, , and , which the other two are ultimately from. The Latin is from.

Noun

 * 1) An oyster or a similar shellfish.