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OSTRACODERMI

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Extinct group of armored jawless vertebrates; taxonomy is not clear

Synonyms:

order Ostracodermi; Ostracodermi

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("Ostracodermi" is a kind of...):

animal order (the order of animals)

Meronyms (members of "Ostracodermi"):

ostracoderm (extinct fish-like jawless vertebrate having a heavily armored body; of the Paleozoic)

Heterostraci; suborder Heterostraci (extinct group of armored jawless fishes or fish-like vertebrate; taxonomy is not clear)

Cephalaspida; Osteostraci; suborder Cephalaspida; suborder Osteostraci (extinct group of armored fish-like 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)

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