Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Same as ostracean.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to an oyster, or to a shell; shelly.

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  • adjective zoology Of or pertaining to an oyster, or to a shell.

Etymologies

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Latin ostrea an oyster. See oyster.

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