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ostrei-, ostreo-
(also erron. ostrea-, ostra-, ostro-), combining forms of L. ostrea, ostreum, and Gr. ὄστρεον oyster. Hence: ˈostreiform a. [-form], having the form of an oyster or of oysters. ˈostreophage |-feɪdʒ|, ostreophagist |-ˈɒfədʒɪst| [Gr. -ϕάγος eating], one who, or that which, eats or feeds upon oysters; so ostreˈophagous a., eating or feeding on oysters.
1840Penny Cycl. XVII. 361/2 It exists also in the *Ostreiform Gryphææ. 1895Edin. Rev. Oct. 369 The Londoner's diet might be thought to be much more largely ostreiform.
1883Daily Tel. 29 Dec. 5/3 The notorious *ostreophage..were he to look in at a few of the West-end oyster shops.
1841Fraser's Mag. XXIII. 463 Astonishing the natives, like Dando the *ostreophagist.
1857Mayne Expos. Lex., *Ostreophagous. 1882Daily News 17 Feb. 5/3 A great advantage to the ostreophagous part of our population. |