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Translingual[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Ostrea + -acea.
Proper noun[edit]
Ostracea
- (obsolete) A taxonomic order within the class Bivalvia – a polyphyletic taxon comprising both the true oysters (now in the order Ostreoida) as well as similarly shaped bivalves, like the saddle oysters.
