OSTRACODERMI
Dictionary entry overview: What does Ostracodermi mean?
• OSTRACODERMI (noun)
The noun OSTRACODERMI has 1 sense:
1. extinct group of armored jawless vertebrates; taxonomy is not clear
Familiarity information: OSTRACODERMI used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• OSTRACODERMI (noun)
Meaning:
Extinct group of armored jawless vertebrates; taxonomy is not clear
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
order Ostracodermi; Ostracodermi
Hypernyms ("Ostracodermi" is a kind of...):
animal order (the order of animals)
Meronyms (members of "Ostracodermi"):
ostracoderm (extinct fishlike jawless vertebrate having a heavily armored body; of the Paleozoic)
Heterostraci; suborder Heterostraci (extinct group of armored jawless fishes or fishlike vertebrate; taxonomy is not clear)
Cephalaspida; Osteostraci; suborder Cephalaspida; suborder Osteostraci (extinct group of armored fishlike vertebrates; taxonomy is not clear)
Holonyms ("Ostracodermi" is a member of...):
Agnatha; superclass Agnatha (superclass of eel-shaped chordates lacking jaws and pelvic fins: lampreys; hagfishes; some extinct forms)