根据《牛津英语词典》和《美国传统英语词典》的词条，在古希腊，那些您可能在沙滩上看到的双壳贝被称为ostrakon。

According to both the Oxford English Dictionary and the American Heritage Dictionary, in ancient Greek the bivalve shells you might find at the beach were called ostrakon.

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根据《美国传统词典》的说法，这个古希腊单词可以进一步追溯到印欧语——da的意思是“分开、分配”。

The deeper root of this Greek meaning is (according to the American Heritage Dictionary) Indo-European where da meant “to divide.”

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根据《美国传统词典》的说法，这个古希腊单词可以进一步追溯到印欧语——da的意思是“分开、分配”。

The deeper root of this Greek meaning is (according to the American Heritage Dictionary) Indo-European where da meant “to divide.”

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