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ostracum

noun

Etymology

From New Latin ostracum, from Ancient Greek ὄστρακον (óstrakon, “pottery fragment; shell”).

  1. derived from ὄστρακον
  2. borrowed from ostracum

Definitions

  1. A fragment of pottery.

  2. The middle layer of a molluscan shell.

The neighborhood

Derived

periostracum, pro-ostracum

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for ostracum. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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