Etymology

ostracoderm

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Today it means: Any of the armored jawless fishes of the Paleozoic. Full definition →

New Latin ostracum ← Ancient Greek ὄστρακον
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  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromὄστρακον“pottery fragment; shell”
  2. New Latin · borrowed fromostracum
  3. English todayostracoderm

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

Words from the same roots

New Latinostracum all →

ostracum

Ancient Greekὄστρακον all →

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Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.