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CEPHALASPID
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Extinct jawless fish of the Devonian with armored head
Synonyms:
cephalaspid; osteostracan
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("cephalaspid" is a kind of...):
agnathan; jawless fish; jawless vertebrate (eel-shaped vertebrate without jaws or paired appendages including the cyclostomes and some extinct forms)
Holonyms ("cephalaspid" is a member of...):
Cephalaspida; Osteostraci; suborder Cephalaspida; suborder Osteostraci (extinct group of armored fish-like vertebrates; taxonomy is not clear)