ostracodermi Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun extinct group of armored jawless vertebrates; taxonomy is not clear
    order Ostracodermi.

WordNet


Os`tra*coder"mi noun plural
Etymology
NL., fr. Gr. shell of a testacean + skin.
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) A suborder of fishes of which Ostracion is the type.

Webster 1913