Ostreaceous

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ostreaceous \Os`tre*a"ceous\, a. [L. ostrea an oyster. See
     {Oyster}.] (Zool.)
     Of or pertaining to an oyster, or to a shell; shelly.
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           The crustaceous or ostreaceous body.     --Cudworth.


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