HETEROSTRACI

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Heterostraci mean? 

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

1. extinct group of armored jawless fishes or fish-like vertebrate; taxonomy is not clear

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• HETEROSTRACI (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Extinct group of armored jawless fishes or fish-like vertebrate; taxonomy is not clear

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Heterostraci; suborder Heterostraci

Hypernyms ("Heterostraci" is a kind of...):

animal order (the order of animals)

Meronyms (members of "Heterostraci"):

heterostracan (extinct jawless fish with the anterior part of the body covered with bony plates; of the Silurian and Devonian)

Holonyms ("Heterostraci" is a member of...):

order Ostracodermi; Ostracodermi (extinct group of armored jawless vertebrates; taxonomy is not clear)