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Webster 1913 Edition


Ostracite

Os′tra-cite

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Noun.
(Paleon.)
A fossil oyster.

Webster 1828 Edition


Ostracite

OS'TRACITE

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Noun.
[Gr. from a shell.]
An oyster shell in its fossil state, or a stone formed in the shell, the latter being dissolved. This stone is found in many parts of England, and has been in repute for its efficacy in cases of the gravel.

Definition 2024


ostracite

ostracite

English

Noun

ostracite (plural ostracites)

  1. (paleontology) A fossil oyster.