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Of the Paleozoic
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ostracoderm
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WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. extinct fishlike jawless vertebrate having a heavily armored body; of the Paleozoic
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
Ostracoderms ("shell-skinned") are the armored jawless fishes of the Paleozoic . The term does not often appear in classifications today because it is paraphyletic or polyphyletic , and has no phylogenetic meaning. However, the term is still used as an ...
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
ostracoderm \ostracoderm\ n. Any of several extinct fishlike jawless vertebrates having a heavily armored body; of the Paleozoic.
Usage examples of ostracoderm.
Trilobites and ostracoderms, mostly, with a silvery smattering of teleostean fish, a slimy slither of sea-slugs, and crusty clusters of shelled molluscs and calcichordates.
Five hundred million years ago, swimming in the primeval seas, there were fishy creatures called ostracoderms and placoderms, whose brains had recognizably the same major divisions as ours.
Five hundred million years ago, swimming in the primeval seas, there were fishy creatures called ostracoderms and placoderms, whose brains had recognizably the same major divisions as ours.