os·tra·co·derm
(ŏs′trə-kŏ-dûrm′)n.
Any of various extinct primitive jawless fishes of the Ordovician through the Devonian periods, having bodies encased in an armor of bony plates.
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ostracoderm
(ˈɒstrəkəˌdɜːm; ɒsˈtrækə-)n
(Palaeontology) any extinct Palaeozoic fishlike jawless vertebrate of the group Ostracodermi, characterized by a heavily armoured body
[C19: via New Latin from Greek ostrakon shell + -derm]
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os•tra•co•derm
(ˈɒs trə koʊˌdɜrm)n.
any of several extinct jawless fishes of the Ordovician to Devonian periods that had the body enclosed in an armor of bony plates.
[1890–95; < New Latin Ostracodermi, pl. of Ostracodermus < Greek ostrakódermos with a shell]
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| Noun | 1. |  ostracoderm - extinct fish-like jawless vertebrate having a heavily armored body; of the Paleozoicagnathan, jawless fish, jawless vertebrate - eel-shaped vertebrate without jaws or paired appendages including the cyclostomes and some extinct forms order Ostracodermi, Ostracodermi - extinct group of armored jawless vertebrates; taxonomy is not clear |
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