HETEROSTRACAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does heterostracan mean? 

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

1. extinct jawless fish with the anterior part of the body covered with bony plates; of the Silurian and Devonian

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• HETEROSTRACAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Extinct jawless fish with the anterior part of the body covered with bony plates; of the Silurian and Devonian

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("heterostracan" 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 ("heterostracan" is a member of...):

Heterostraci; suborder Heterostraci (extinct group of armored jawless fishes or fish-like vertebrate; taxonomy is not clear)