OSTEOSTRACAN
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)
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 fishlike vertebrates; taxonomy is not clear)
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