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periostracum

noun

Etymology

Literally "surrounding shell", from peri- + ostracum.

  1. derived from ὄστρακον
  2. borrowed from ostracum
  3. prefixed as periostracum — “peri + ostracum”

Definitions

  1. The proteinaceous outer sheath of many molluscan shells.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

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

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