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ostraka

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os⋅tra⋅kon

  [os-truh-kon]
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–noun, plural -ka  [-kuh] .
ostracon.

os⋅tra⋅con

  [os-truh-kon]
–noun, plural -ca  [-kuh] .
(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.

Origin:
1880–85; < Gk óstrakon; see ostracize
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