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kuya : elder (n.) [manong]; oyster (n.) [kinhason]
Synonyms: kuja

Derivatives of kuya


Glosses:
elder
n. (person)1. elder, seniora person who is older than you are.
~ adult, grownupa fully developed person from maturity onward.
~ doyen, deana man who is the senior member of a group.; "he is the dean of foreign correspondents"
~ doyennea woman who is the senior member of a group.
n. (plant)2. elder, elderberry bushany of numerous shrubs or small trees of temperate and subtropical northern hemisphere having white flowers and berrylike fruit.
~ genus sambucus, sambucuselder; elderberry.
~ american elder, black elderberry, sambucus canadensis, sweet eldercommon elder of central and eastern North America bearing purple-black berries; fruit used in wines and jellies.
~ blue elder, blue elderberry, sambucus caeruleashrub or small tree of western United States having white flowers and blue berries; fruit used in wines and jellies.
~ danewort, dwarf elder, sambucus ebulusdwarf herbaceous elder of Europe having pink flowers and a nauseous odor.
~ black elder, bourtree, common elder, elderberry, european elder, sambucus nigraa common shrub with black fruit or a small tree of Europe and Asia; fruit used for wines and jellies.
~ american red elder, sambucus pubens, stinking elder, red-berried eldercommon North American shrub or small tree.
~ european red elder, red-berried elder, sambucus racemosaEurasian shrub.
~ bush, shruba low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems.
n. (person)3. elderany of various church officers.
~ church officera church official.
~ presbyteran elder in the Presbyterian Church.
adj. 4. elder, older, sr.used of the older of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a father from his son.; "Bill Adams, Sr."
~ seniorolder; higher in rank; longer in length of tenure or service.; "senior officer"
oyster
n. (animal)1. oystermarine mollusks having a rough irregular shell; found on the sea bed mostly in coastal waters.
~ bivalve, lamellibranch, pelecypodmarine or freshwater mollusks having a soft body with platelike gills enclosed within two shells hinged together.
~ family ostreidae, ostreidaeoysters.
~ seed oystera young oyster especially of a size for transplantation.
~ blue point, bluepointsmall edible oyster typically from the southern shore of Long Island.
~ japanese oyster, ostrea gigasa large oyster native to Japan and introduced along the Pacific coast of the United States; a candidate for introduction in Chesapeake Bay.
~ virginia oystercommon edible oyster of Atlantic coast of North America.
~ pearl oyster, pinctada margaritiferatropical marine bivalve found chiefly off eastern Asia and Pacific coast of North America and Central America; a major source of pearls.
~ anomia ephippium, saddle oysterthin-shelled bivalve having the right valve deeply notched.
~ capiz, placuna placenta, window oyster, windowpane oystermarine bivalve common in Philippine coastal waters characterized by a large thin flat translucent shell.
~ huitre, oysteredible body of any of numerous oysters.
n. (food)2. huitre, oysteredible body of any of numerous oysters.
~ oystermarine mollusks having a rough irregular shell; found on the sea bed mostly in coastal waters.
~ shellfishmeat of edible aquatic invertebrate with a shell (especially a mollusk or crustacean).
~ oysters rockefelleroysters spread with butter and spinach and seasonings and baked on the half shell.
~ blue point, bluepointoysters originally from Long Island Sound but now from anywhere along the northeastern seacoast; usually eaten raw.
n. (food)3. oystera small muscle on each side of the back of a fowl.
~ helping, serving, portionan individual quantity of food or drink taken as part of a meal.; "the helpings were all small"; "his portion was larger than hers"; "there's enough for two servings each"
~ bird, fowlthe flesh of a bird or fowl (wild or domestic) used as food.
v. (contact)4. oystergather oysters, dig oysters.
~ gather, pull together, collect, garnerassemble or get together.; "gather some stones"; "pull your thoughts together"