ostión
Spanish
Etymology
From ostrón, augmentative of ostra.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /osˈtjon/ [osˈt̪jõn]
- Rhymes: -on
- Syllabification: os‧tión
Noun
ostión m (plural ostiones)
- (Mexico) oyster (particularly from genus Crassostrea), specially when prepared or served for food
Derived terms
Further reading
- “ostión”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024