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astarae
أُسطريا usṭriyā
n. (vocalization uncertain) ʾsṭryā – oysters (zool.) show/hide quotes-
Aris. Anim. III 763a33: et eiecerunt sui socii vas testeum in ripa, et postquam pertransiverat tempus fuit multus limus in illa testa, et generatus fuit intra modus qui dicitur astarae, et est halzon
Brug.: والقى اصحابه آنية من فخّار مكسور فى الشطّ، فلمّا مضى بها زمان وامتلت من الحمأة تولّدت من داخلها الاصناف التى تسمّى اسطريا، وهو الحلزون
- 1 Aris. Anim. III
The Arabic term is not documented in Lisān, Freytag, Lane, Dozy and Wehr. Ullmann 2006, 806 lists asṭrāʾūn (s.v. ὀστρακόδερμος, ‘hard-shelled’).
< Arabic < Greek ὄστρειa (or ὄστρεa), pl. of ὄστρειον. Cf. van Oppenraaij 1992, 262–263. The Latin term is not documented in MLW, DMLBS and LLNMA.