ostraceanadj.n.

Brit.

/ɒˈstreɪʃn/, U.S.

/ɑsˈtreɪʃ(ə)n/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin Ostracea , -an suffix.

Etymology: < scientific Latin Ostracea, former family name (E. A. Crouch Introd. Lamarck's Conchol. (1826) 20; < French ostracé (1752 as noun) < ancient Greek ὄστρακον shell of a mussel, oyster, etc.: see ostracon n.; compare -acea suffix) + -an suffix (compare -acean suffix). Compare earlier ostraceous adj., ostreaceous adj.

Zoology. Now rare.

A. adj.

Of or designating the former family Ostracea (now called Ostreidae) of bivalve molluscs, containing the oysters; relating to oysters.

ΚΠ

1836 G. P. Deshayes in Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 698/1 The ventricle..is irregular and unsymmetrical in the Ostracean family.

1853 W. T. Brande Dict. Sci. Lit. & Art 7/2 A genus of fossil ostracean bivalves.

1952 Jrnl. Philos. 49 552 Plato remarked that no sensible man wants to be an oyster... But he failed to remark, and here some ostracean Plato might have given him tit-for-tat, that no intelligent oyster wants to be a man.

B. n.

A mollusc of the former family Ostracea; an oyster.

ΘΚΠ

the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Pelecypoda or Conchifera > [noun] > section Asiphonida > family Ostreidae > member of (oyster)

oystereOE

oysterfish1611

sentry fish1664

sickle-oyster1758

lion's claw1759

bluepoint1789

ostracean1839

1839 Penny Cycl. XIV. 318/1 Class IV. Acephala... Family of Ostraceans.

1982 Jrnl. Biogeogr. 9 461/1 An ostracean recorded only from South California.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2022).

单词	ostracean
释义	ostraceanadj.n. Brit. /ɒˈstreɪʃn/, U.S. /ɑsˈtreɪʃ(ə)n/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin Ostracea , -an suffix. Etymology: < scientific Latin Ostracea, former family name (E. A. Crouch Introd. Lamarck's Conchol. (1826) 20; < French ostracé (1752 as noun) < ancient Greek ὄστρακον shell of a mussel, oyster, etc.: see ostracon n.; compare -acea suffix) + -an suffix (compare -acean suffix). Compare earlier ostraceous adj., ostreaceous adj. Zoology. Now rare. A. adj. Of or designating the former family Ostracea (now called Ostreidae) of bivalve molluscs, containing the oysters; relating to oysters. ΚΠ 1836 G. P. Deshayes in Todd's Cycl. Anat. & Physiol. I. 698/1 The ventricle..is irregular and unsymmetrical in the Ostracean family. 1853 W. T. Brande Dict. Sci. Lit. & Art 7/2 A genus of fossil ostracean bivalves. 1952 Jrnl. Philos. 49 552 Plato remarked that no sensible man wants to be an oyster... But he failed to remark, and here some ostracean Plato might have given him tit-for-tat, that no intelligent oyster wants to be a man. B. n. A mollusc of the former family Ostracea; an oyster. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Pelecypoda or Conchifera > [noun] > section Asiphonida > family Ostreidae > member of (oyster) oystereOE oysterfish1611 sentry fish1664 sickle-oyster1758 lion's claw1759 bluepoint1789 ostracean1839 1839 Penny Cycl. XIV. 318/1 Class IV. Acephala... Family of Ostraceans. 1982 Jrnl. Biogeogr. 9 461/1 An ostracean recorded only from South California. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2022). < adj.n.1836
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