† ostraciten.

Forms: 1600s–1800s ostracite, 1600s–1800s ostracites, 1600s ostrocites.

Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French ostracite; Latin ostracītēs.

Etymology: < Middle French, French ostracite fossil shell of an oyster-like mollusc (1555) and its etymon classical Latin ostracītēs, a kind of stone (Pliny) < Hellenistic Greek ὀστρακίτης (in λίθος ὀστρακίτης , a kind of stone) < ὄστρακον ostracon n. + -ίτης -ite suffix¹. N.E.D. (1903) gives the pronunciation as (ǫ·străsəit) /ˈɒstrəsaɪt/.

Palaeontology. Obsolete.

A fossil shell of an oyster-like mollusc.

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ostracite1601

horse-head1708

nucleus1734

orthoceras1734

orthoceratite1734

alveolus1747

volutite1802

strombite1811

helicite1828

turbinite1828

phragmocone1843

pro-ostracum1864

orthoceratoid1885

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1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 629 As for Ostracites, it took the name of an Oystre shell, which it doth represent.

1653 N. Culpeper Pharmacopœia Londinensis 54 Ostrocites, a drachm of it taken in pouder provokes the terms.

1677 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Oxford-shire 113 On Cowley-common we find nothing but Ostracites.

1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Ostracites, in natural history, a name given by authors to the fossile oisters, common in many parts of England.

1837 Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 7 437 An extended formation of highly carbonaceous marl was met with, accompanied by coarse sandstone, containing ostracites and serpulites in cylindrical bundles.

1843 Abstr. Papers Royal Soc. 1837–43 4 58 The country of ostracite limestone and feldspath pyroxenic rocks.

1859 N. F. Moore Anc. Mineral. 232 Ostracias, or ostracites, so called from its resemblance to oysters (ostrea).

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2021).

单词	ostracite
释义	† ostraciten. Forms: 1600s–1800s ostracite, 1600s–1800s ostracites, 1600s ostrocites. Origin: Of multiple origins. Partly a borrowing from French. Partly a borrowing from Latin. Etymons: French ostracite; Latin ostracītēs. Etymology: < Middle French, French ostracite fossil shell of an oyster-like mollusc (1555) and its etymon classical Latin ostracītēs, a kind of stone (Pliny) < Hellenistic Greek ὀστρακίτης (in λίθος ὀστρακίτης , a kind of stone) < ὄστρακον ostracon n. + -ίτης -ite suffix¹. N.E.D. (1903) gives the pronunciation as (ǫ·străsəit) /ˈɒstrəsaɪt/. Palaeontology. Obsolete. A fossil shell of an oyster-like mollusc. ΘΚΠ the world > life > biology > organism > fossil > [noun] > particular parts of ostracite1601 horse-head1708 nucleus1734 orthoceras1734 orthoceratite1734 alveolus1747 volutite1802 strombite1811 helicite1828 turbinite1828 phragmocone1843 pro-ostracum1864 orthoceratoid1885 nema1901 the world > animals > invertebrates > subkingdom Metazoa > grade Triploblastica or Coelomata > class Pelecypoda or Conchifera > [noun] > section Asiphonida > family Ostreidae > member of (oyster) > shell of > fossil ostracite1601 1601 P. Holland tr. Pliny Hist. World II. 629 As for Ostracites, it took the name of an Oystre shell, which it doth represent. 1653 N. Culpeper Pharmacopœia Londinensis 54 Ostrocites, a drachm of it taken in pouder provokes the terms. 1677 R. Plot Nat. Hist. Oxford-shire 113 On Cowley-common we find nothing but Ostracites. 1753 Chambers's Cycl. Suppl. Ostracites, in natural history, a name given by authors to the fossile oisters, common in many parts of England. 1837 Jrnl. Royal Geogr. Soc. 7 437 An extended formation of highly carbonaceous marl was met with, accompanied by coarse sandstone, containing ostracites and serpulites in cylindrical bundles. 1843 Abstr. Papers Royal Soc. 1837–43 4 58 The country of ostracite limestone and feldspath pyroxenic rocks. 1859 N. F. Moore Anc. Mineral. 232 Ostracias, or ostracites, so called from its resemblance to oysters (ostrea). This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online June 2021). < n.1601
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