Etymology

ostracean

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Today it means: Any bivalve of the family Ostreidae; an oyster. Full definition →

Latin ostrea
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The story

  1. Latin · derived fromostrea“an oyster”
  2. English todayostracean

From Latin ostrea (“an oyster”). See oyster.

Words from the same roots

Latinostrea all →

oysterostreaceousostreaphile

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