OSTEOSTRACAN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does osteostracan mean? 

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

1. extinct jawless fish of the Devonian with armored head

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• OSTEOSTRACAN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Extinct jawless fish of the Devonian with armored head

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

cephalaspid; osteostracan

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

Cephalaspida; Osteostraci; suborder Cephalaspida; suborder Osteostraci (extinct group of armored fish-like vertebrates; taxonomy is not clear)