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Webster 1913 Edition


Ostracean

Os-tra′cean

,
Noun.
[L.
ostrea
an oyster. See
Oyster
.]
(Zool.)
Any one of a family of bivalves, of which the oyster is the type.

Definition 2024


ostracean

ostracean

English

Noun

ostracean (plural ostraceans)

  1. (zoology) Any of a family of bivalves of which the oyster is the type.