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Webster 1913 Edition

Ostracean

Os-tra′cean

,

Noun.

[L.

ostrea

an oyster. See

.]

(Zool.)

Any one of a family of bivalves, of which the oyster is the type.

Definition 2024

ostracean

ostracean

English

Noun

ostracean ‎(plural ostraceans)

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