Usually means: Ancient pottery shards used for writing.
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General (7 matching dictionaries)
  1. ostraca: Merriam-Webster
  2. ostraca: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. ostraca: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  4. ostraca: Wiktionary
  5. ostraca: Dictionary.com
  6. Ostraca: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  7. ostraca: TheFreeDictionary.com

Art (3 matching dictionaries)
  1. ostraca: ArtLex Lexicon of Visual Art Terminology
  2. -ostraca: A Cross Reference of Latin and Greek Elements
  3. Glossary of Stamp Collecting Terms (No longer online)

Religion (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Postmodern Bible Dictionary (No longer online)

(Note: See ostracon as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (ostracon)

noun:  A piece of pottery or stone, usually broken off from a vase or other earthenware vessel, especially one used to cast a vote during the Ancient Greek process of ostracism.
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