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Definition of Ostracodermi
1. Noun. Extinct group of armored jawless vertebrates; taxonomy is not clear.
Generic synonyms: Animal Order
Group relationships: Agnatha, Superclass Agnatha
Member holonyms: Ostracoderm, Heterostraci, Suborder Heterostraci, Cephalaspida, Osteostraci, Suborder Cephalaspida, Suborder Osteostraci
Definition of Ostracodermi
1. n. pl. A suborder of fishes of which Ostracion is the type.
Medical Definition of Ostracodermi
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Ostracodermi
Literary usage of Ostracodermi
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Text-book of Zoology by Thomas Jeffery Parker, William Aitcheson Haswell (1921)
"The ostracodermi are a group of Palaeozoic Fishes of uncertain affinity,
characterised by the extraordinary development of the exoskeleton of the head and ..."
2. Text-book of Paleontology by Karl Alfred von Zittel (1902)
"ostracodermi Cope. Early Palaeozoic fishes with persistent notochord, and
endoskeleton not calcified. Mandible and arches for paired fins apparently absent. ..."
3. An Introduction to the Study of Fossils (plants and Animals) by Hervey Woodburn Shimer (1914)
"3. Give distinguishing characters of Class Cyclostomata, also a living and a
possible fossil example. CLASS B, ostracodermi ..."
4. The Zoological Record ...: Being Records of Zoological Literature by Zoological Record Association (London, England), Zoological Society of London (1892)
"ostracodermi. This subclass is divided into two orders by AS WOODWARD, Cat. foss.
Fish, ii, p. ... ostracodermi ..."
5. Report of the Annual Meeting (1900)
"That is, however, not in accordance with the view of the late Professor Cope,
that the ostracodermi are more related to the ..."
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