OSTRACION

Os*tra"ci*on, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)

Definition: A genus of plectognath fishes having the body covered with solid, immovable, bony plates. It includes the trunkfishes.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

8 November 2024

REPLACEMENT

(noun) the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another; “replacing the star will not be easy”


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“Coffee, the favorite drink of the civilized world.” – Thomas Jefferson, third president of the United States

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