||Os*tra"ce*a (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr.
&?; shell of a testacean.] (Zoöl.) A division of
bivalve mollusks including the oysters and allied shells.
Os*tra"cean (?), n. [L. ostrea
an oyster. See Oyster.] (Zoöl.) Any one of a
family of bivalves, of which the oyster is the type.
||Os*tra"ci*on (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr.
&?; small shell.] (Zoöl.) A genus of plectognath
fishes having the body covered with solid, immovable, bony plates. It
includes the trunkfishes.
Os*tra"ci*ont (?), n.
(Zoöl.) A fish of the genus Ostracion and allied
genera.
Os"tra*cism (?), n. [Gr. &?;, fr. &?;
to ostracize. See Ostracize.] 1. (Gr.
Antiq.) Banishment by popular vote, -- a means adopted at
Athens to rid the city of a person whose talent and influence gave
umbrage.
2. Banishment; exclusion; as, social
ostracism.
Public envy is as an ostracism, that eclipseth
men when they grow too great.
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