Ōs-trā'cean, n.
(-shan), n. [N. Lat. ostracea, from Lat. ostrea, ostreum, Gr. ὄστρεον, ὄστρειον, oyster.] (Zool.) One of a family of bivalve shell-fish, of which the oyster is the type. Brande.
(-shan), n. [N. Lat. ostracea, from Lat. ostrea, ostreum, Gr. ὄστρεον, ὄστρειον, oyster.] (Zool.) One of a family of bivalve shell-fish, of which the oyster is the type. Brande.