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OSTRACODERM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Extinct fish-like jawless vertebrate having a heavily armored body; of the Paleozoic
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("ostracoderm" 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 ("ostracoderm" is a member of...):
order Ostracodermi; Ostracodermi (extinct group of armored jawless vertebrates; taxonomy is not clear)