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os•tra•con



Pronunciation: (os'tru-kon"), [key]
—n.,
—pl. -caPronunciation: (-ku). [key]
(in ancient Greece) a potsherd, esp. one used as a ballot on which the name of a person voted to be ostracized was inscribed. Also,ostrakon.

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