Definition of Ostracoderms

1. ostracoderm [n] - See also: ostracoderm

Lexicographical Neighbors of Ostracoderms

ostracisms
ostracite
ostracites
ostracizable
ostracization
ostracizations
ostracize
ostracized
ostracizes
ostracizing
ostracod
ostracoda
ostracode
ostracoderm
ostracodermi
ostracoderms (current term)
ostracodes
ostracods
ostracoid
ostracoidea
ostracoids
ostracon
ostracum
ostraka
ostrakon
ostrasize
ostrea
ostreaceous
ostreaculture
ostreaphile

Literary usage of Ostracoderms

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The Origin and Evolution of the Human Dentition by William King Gregory (1922)
"THE ostracoderms OF THE UPPER SILURIAN AND DEVONIAN The problem of the origin of the ... The Paleozoic ostracoderms, on the other hand, afford definite ..."

2. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1903)
"tainly be a very unusual thing if all the ostracoderms mimicked animals so different in grade of organization according to Woodward's view, ..."

3. Proceedings of the Geologists' Association by Geologists' Association (1906)
"The latest " fashion" among the ostracoderms of the Devonian period consisted in an armour of symmetrically arranged overlapping plates on the top of the ..."

4. Introductory Geology: A Text-book for Colleges by Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, Rollin D. Salisbury (1914)
"The center of interest in this fauna is found in the ostracoderms (Figs. ... The ostracoderms bear external resemblances, in the head and trunk, ..."

5. Introductory Geology: A Text-book for Colleges by Thomas Chrowder Chamberlin, Rollin D. Salisbury (1914)
"The center of interest in this fauna is found in the ostracoderms (Figs. ... The ostracoderms bear external resemblances, in the head and trunk, ..."

6. A Text-book of Geology: For Use in Universities, Colleges, Schools of by Louis Valentine Pirsson, Charles Schuchert (1915)
"The oldest known fishes are the ostracoderms found in the Middle Ordovician of Colorado, South Dakota, and Wyoming (like Fig. 407). ..."

7. Geology, Physical and Historical by Herdman Fitzgerald Cleland (1916)
"ostracoderms seldom attained a size greater than 6 or 7 inches. Certain inferences as to the habits of ostracoderms can be drawn from their structure. ..."

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