Akademik

osteostracan

noun

extinct jawless fish of the Devonian with armored head

• Syn: ↑cephalaspid

• Hypernyms: ↑jawless vertebrate, ↑jawless fish, ↑agnathan

• Member Holonyms: ↑Osteostraci, ↑suborder Osteostraci, ↑Cephalaspida, ↑suborder Cephalaspida

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I. \\|ästē|ästrə̇kən\ adjective

Etymology: New Latin Osteostraci + English -an

: of or relating to the Cephalaspida

II. noun (-s)

: cephalaspid

Useful english dictionary. 2012.