ORDER ANASPIDA

Pronunciation (US): (GB):

Meaning:

Extinct order of jawless vertebrates

Synonyms:

Anaspida; order Anaspida

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("order Anaspida" is a kind of...):

animal order (the order of animals)

Meronyms (members of "order Anaspida"):

anaspid (extinct small freshwater jawless fish usually having a heterocercal tail and an armored head; of the Silurian and Devonian)

Holonyms ("order Anaspida" is a member of...):

Agnatha; superclass Agnatha (superclass of eel-shaped chordates lacking jaws and pelvic fins: lampreys; hagfishes; some extinct forms)