‖Os‐tra″ci‐on (?), n. [NL., fr. Gr. οστρἄκιον small shell.] (Zoöl.) A genus of plectognath fishes having the body covered with solid, immovable, bony plates. It includes the trunkfishes.
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Webster's Dictionary 1913
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, C. & G. Merriam Co., 1913.