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  • noun zoology Any member of the Ostreidae.

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  • The ostreid virus is likely to have been in New Zealand for "some time,"

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  • Scientists have confirmed the presence of ostreid herpesvirus-1 after some farmers reported significant losses of juvenile oysters, according to a statement today from the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry.

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