- ostraeacea
- os·trae·a·cea
English syllables. 2014.
ostraeacea
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ostraeacea — ˌästrēˈāshēə noun plural Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, irregular from Ostrea + acea : a suborder of the order Eulamellibranchia including the common oysters and related mollusks … Useful english dictionary
ostracean — I. (ˈ) ̷ ̷| ̷ ̷shən adjective Etymology: New Latin Ostracea + English an : of or relating to the Ostraeacea II. noun ( s) : an oyster of the suborder Ostraeacea … Useful english dictionary
ostraceous — Denoting the heaping up of scales seen in psoriasis, which resembles the stratification of oyster shells. [Ostraeacea, group including the oysters] * * * os·tra·ceous (os traґshəs) [Gr. ostrakon shell] shaped like or resembling an oyster… … Medical dictionary
Ostreidae — noun oysters • Syn: ↑family Ostreidae • Hypernyms: ↑mollusk family • Member Holonyms: ↑Bivalvia, ↑class Bivalvia, ↑Lamellibranchia, ↑class Lamellibranchia, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
ostracea — äˈstrāshēə Etymology: New Latin, irregular from Ostrea + acea synonym of ostraeacea … Useful english dictionary
ostraceous — shəs adjective Etymology: New Latin Ostracea + English ous : of or relating to the Ostraeacea … Useful english dictionary
pinnidae — ˈpinəˌdē noun plural Usage: capitalized Etymology: New Latin, from Pinna, type genus + idae : a family of chiefly tropical marine bivalve mollusks (suborder Ostraeacea) that live in bottom sediment see pinna … Useful english dictionary
