Etymology

ostreaceous

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Today it means: Of or pertaining to an oyster, or to a shell. Full definition →

Latin ostrea
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The story

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

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

Words from the same roots

Latinostrea all →

oysterostraceanostreaphile

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