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os·tra·con

(ŏs′trə-kŏn′)

n. pl. os·tra·ca (-kə)

An inscribed potsherd.

[Greek ostrakon, shell; see ost- in Indo-European roots.]

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ostracon

(ˈɒstrəˌkɒn)

1. (Anthropology & Ethnology) (in ancient Greece) a potsherd used for ostracizing

2. (Archaeology) (in ancient Greece) a potsherd used for ostracizing

[from Greek]

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os•tra•con

or os•tra•kon

(ˈɒs trəˌkɒn)

n., pl. -ca or -ka (-kə)

(in ancient Greece) a potsherd, esp. one used as a ballot on which the name of a person voted to be ostracized was inscribed.

[1880–85; < Greek óstrakon; see ostracize]

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