ostracoderm

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of the armored jawless fishes of the Paleozoic.

Word forms

ostracoderm ostracoderms

Etymology

From New Latin ostracum, from Ancient Greek ὄστρακον (óstrakon, “pottery fragment; shell”) + δέρμα (dérma, “skin”).

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