(definition) by Webster 1913 Wed Dec 22 1999 at 1:39:32

Os*tra"ce*a (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. shell of a testacean.] Zool.

A division of bivalve mollusks including the oysters and allied shells.

 

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