† ostroidadj.

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

Etymology: < classical Latin ostrea oyster n. + -oid suffix. Compare ancient Greek ὀστρεώδης of the oyster kind, ὀστρειώδης hard-shelled.R. G. Mayne gives a Latin form ostreoides (see quot. 1857).

Obsolete. rare.

Resembling an oyster.

ΚΠ

1857 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) Ostreoides, resembling the oyster: ostroid.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online December 2019).

单词	ostroid
释义	† ostroidadj. Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin ostrea , -oid suffix. Etymology: < classical Latin ostrea oyster n. + -oid suffix. Compare ancient Greek ὀστρεώδης of the oyster kind, ὀστρειώδης hard-shelled.R. G. Mayne gives a Latin form ostreoides (see quot. 1857). Obsolete. rare. Resembling an oyster. ΚΠ 1857 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) Ostreoides, resembling the oyster: ostroid. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online December 2019). < adj.1857
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