ostreaceous
English
Etymology
From Latin ostrea (“an oyster”). See oyster.
Adjective
ostreaceous (not comparable)
- (zoology) Of or pertaining to an oyster, or to a shell.
- Cudworth
- the crustaceous or ostreaceous body
- Cudworth
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for ostreaceous in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)