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Ostracoderm — Ostracoderms ( shell skinned ) are any of several groups of extinct, primitive, jawless fishes that were covered in an armor of bony plates. They belong to the taxon Ostracodermi, and their fossils are found in the Ordovician and Devonian Period… … Wikipedia
ostracoderm — OSTRACODÉRM, ostracodermi, s.m. (La pl.) Subclasă de vertebrate fosile cu corpul plat sau în formă de fus, acoperit de plăci şi de solzi, care trăiau în mările paleozoice; (la sg.) animal care face parte din această subclasă. – Din fr.… … Dicționar Român
ostracoderm — noun Etymology: ultimately from Greek ostrakon + derma skin more at derm Date: 1891 any of the early fossil jawless fishes of the Lower Paleozoic usually having a bony covering of plates or scales … New Collegiate Dictionary
ostracoderm — /os treuh koh derrm /, n. any of several extinct jawless fishes of the Ordovician, Silurian, and Devonian periods, having the body enclosed in an armor of bony plates. [1890 95; < NL Ostracodermi, pl. of Ostracodermus < Gk ostrakódermos with a… … Universalium
ostracoderm — [ɒ strakədə:m] noun an early jawless fossil fish of the Cambrian to Devonian periods, with a heavily armoured body. Origin C19: from mod. L. Ostracodermi (former taxonomic name), from Gk ostrakon shell + derma skin … English new terms dictionary
ostracoderm — os·tra·co·derm … English syllables
ostracoderm — os•tra•co•derm [[t]ˈɒs trə koʊˌdɜrm[/t]] n. pal any of several extinct jawless fishes of the Ordovician to Devonian periods that had the body enclosed in an armor of bony plates • Etymology: 1890–95; < NL Ostracodermi, pl. of Ostracodermus… … From formal English to slang
ostracoderm — noun extinct fish like jawless vertebrate having a heavily armored body; of the Paleozoic • Hypernyms: ↑jawless vertebrate, ↑jawless fish, ↑agnathan • Member Holonyms: ↑Ostracodermi, ↑order Ostracodermi … Useful english dictionary
Cephalaspis — ▪ paleontology extinct genus of very primitive jawless, fishlike vertebrates found in Early Devonian rocks (the Devonian Period lasted from 408 to 360 million years ago) in Europe and North America. Cephalaspis, one of an early group of… … Universalium
Devonian — For the Celtic language, see Southwestern Brythonic language; for the residents of the English county, see Devon. Devonian Period 416–359.2 million years ago … Wikipedia
