OSTRACODERM

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ostracoderm mean? 

• OSTRACODERM (noun)
  The noun OSTRACODERM has 1 sense:

1. extinct fish-like jawless vertebrate having a heavily armored body; of the Paleozoic

  Familiarity information: OSTRACODERM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• OSTRACODERM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Extinct fish-like jawless vertebrate having a heavily armored body; of the Paleozoic

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

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)