ostracoderm

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noun

Any of the armored jawless fishes of the Paleozoic.

OriginNew Latin ostracum ← Ancient Greek ὄστρακον →
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Meanings

nounostracoderm (plural ostracoderms)

plural ostracoderms

  1. biologyAny of the armored jawless fishes of the Paleozoic.

Origin

  1. Ancient Greekὄστρακον“pottery fragment; shell”
  2. New Latinostracum
  3. Englishostracoderm

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

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