ostreaceous

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English

Etymology

From Latin ostrea (an oyster). See oyster.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌɒstɹiˈeɪʃəs/

Adjective

ostreaceous (not comparable)

  1. (zoology) Of or pertaining to an oyster, or to a shell.
    • 1678, R Cudworth, The True Intellectual System of the Universe: The First Part; wherein All the Reason and Philosophy of Atheism is Confuted; and Its Impossibility Demonstrated, London: Richard Royston, , →OCLC:
      the crustaceous or ostreaceous body
  2. shaped like an oyster
    ostreaceous psoriais

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