Ostracion

Translingual

Etymology

New Latin, from Ancient Greek ὀστρᾰ́κιον (ostrắkion), diminutive of ὄστρακον (óstrakon, “shellfish”)

Proper noun

Ostracion m

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Ostraciidae – some of the fish called boxfishes and trunkfishes.

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