CEPHALASPIDA

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Meaning:

Extinct group of armored fish-like vertebrates; taxonomy is not clear

Synonyms:

Cephalaspida; Osteostraci; suborder Cephalaspida; suborder Osteostraci

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Cephalaspida" is a kind of...):

animal order (the order of animals)

Meronyms (members of "Cephalaspida"):

cephalaspid; osteostracan (extinct jawless fish of the Devonian with armored head)

Holonyms ("Cephalaspida" is a member of...):

order Ostracodermi; Ostracodermi (extinct group of armored jawless vertebrates; taxonomy is not clear)