ostracoidadj.n.
/ˈɒstrəkɔɪd/, U.S. /ˈɑstrəˌkɔɪd/ Zoology.† A. adj.
Of the nature of or resembling a shell. Also: of the nature of an ostracod. Obsolete.
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ostracoid1857
1857 R. G. Mayne Expos. Lexicon Med. Sci. (1860) Ostracoides, resembling or of the nature of a shell: ostracoid.
1870 A. Winchell Sketches of Creation 318 Even in the Age of Molluscs, the dominant idea was expressed in the bivalve nature of the Ostracoid Crustaceans.
B. n.
An ostracod. Now rare.
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1862 J. D. Dana Elem. Geol. 193 The earliest of the bivalve Crustaceans—very small species having the body enclosed in a bivalve shell somewhat like a clamshell, whence the name Ostracoid.
1937 Oxoniensia 2 70 Ostracoids, Caddis Worm cases, and insect remains were also present in the material from the inner ditch.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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