ostreaceous

English

Etymology

From Latin ostrea (“an oyster”). See oyster.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɒstɹiˈeɪʃəs/

Adjective

ostreaceous (not comparable)

1. (zoology) Of or pertaining to an oyster, or to a shell.
   • 1678, R[alph] Cudworth, The True Intellectual System of the Universe: The First Part; wherein All the Reason and Philosophy of Atheism is Confuted; and Its Impossibility Demonstrated, London: […] Richard Royston, […], →OCLC:

     the crustaceous or ostreaceous body

2. shaped like an oyster

   ostreaceous psoriais

References

• “ostreaceous”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.