Vocabulary : Ostracism to Ostrea

Ostracism : Banishment by popular vote, -- a means adopted at Athens to rid the city of a person whose talent and influence gave umbrage. ;; Banishment; exclusion; as, social ostracism.
Ostracite : A fossil oyster.
Ostracize : To exile by ostracism; to banish by a popular vote, as at Athens. ;; To banish from society; to put under the ban; to cast out from social, political, or private favor; as, he was ostracized by his former friends.
Ostracized : of Ostracize
Ostracizing : of Ostracize

Ostracoda : Ostracoidea.
Ostracodermi : A suborder of fishes of which Ostracion is the type.
Ostracoid : Of or pertaining to the Ostracoidea. ;; One of the Ostracoidea.
Ostracoidea : An order of Entomostraca possessing hard bivalve shells. They are of small size, and swim freely about.
Ostrea : A genus of bivalve Mollusca which includes the true oysters.

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