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SUBORDER OSTEOSTRACI
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Dictionary entry overview: What does suborder Osteostraci mean?
• SUBORDER OSTEOSTRACI (noun)
The noun SUBORDER OSTEOSTRACI has 1 sense:
1. extinct group of armored fish-like vertebrates; taxonomy is not clear
Familiarity information: SUBORDER OSTEOSTRACI used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Extinct group of armored fish-like vertebrates; taxonomy is not clear
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Cephalaspida; Osteostraci; suborder Cephalaspida; suborder Osteostraci
Hypernyms ("suborder Osteostraci" is a kind of...):
animal order (the order of animals)
Meronyms (members of "suborder Osteostraci"):
cephalaspid; osteostracan (extinct jawless fish of the Devonian with armored head)
Holonyms ("suborder Osteostraci" is a member of...):
order Ostracodermi; Ostracodermi (extinct group of armored jawless vertebrates; taxonomy is not clear)
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