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OSTRACODERMI
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Extinct group of armored jawless vertebrates; taxonomy is not clear
Synonyms:
order Ostracodermi; Ostracodermi
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Ostracodermi" is a kind of...):
animal order (the order of animals)
Meronyms (members of "Ostracodermi"):
ostracoderm (extinct fish-like jawless vertebrate having a heavily armored body; of the Paleozoic)
Heterostraci; suborder Heterostraci (extinct group of armored jawless fishes or fish-like vertebrate; taxonomy is not clear)
Cephalaspida; Osteostraci; suborder Cephalaspida; suborder Osteostraci (extinct group of armored fish-like vertebrates; taxonomy is not clear)
Holonyms ("Ostracodermi" is a member of...):
Agnatha; superclass Agnatha (superclass of eel-shaped chordates lacking jaws and pelvic fins: lampreys; hagfishes; some extinct forms)