A young oyster or other bivalve mollusk, both before and after it first becomes adherent, or such young, collectively.
To emit spawn; to emit, as spawn.
Hence, a petty combat, esp. a verbal one; a little quarrel, dispute, or dissension.
young oysters during early growth and attached to a hard substrate
Young oyster larva that has metamorphosed to become a juvenile oyster.
Juvenile, newly attached oysters (i.e. oyster spat).
a quarrel about petty points
become permanently attached; "mollusks or oysters spat"
engage in a brief and petty quarrel
a short usually petty argument or quarrel
a young oyster, a covering for a shoe and a petty quarrel
Swimming larvae of oysters (or mussels), before their fixation to a solid substrate.
The stage in a mollusc's lifecycle in which it goes from being free swimming to attaching itself to a substrate.
Juvenile shellfish which are taken for the purposes of on-growing. The spat of oysters shall be no longer than 40 mm; the spat of scallops shall be no longer than 50 mm; the spat of cockles shall be no longer than 20 mm; the spat of green-lipped mussels/greenshell mussels shall be no longer than 40 mm; the spat of blue mussels shall be no longer than 30 mm; and the spat of Pacific oysters shall be no longer than 37 mm. (4)
Early juvenile oysters that have settled by attaching to a hard substrate.
The spawn of an oyster or shellfish.
An oyster larva before it forms its shell Stombus Giga
An oyster life cycle term; oysters during early growth on a hard substrate. The spat set is the process of settling and attachment of planktonic larvae and onset of shell growth, establishing new recruitment on a reef.