Ostracodermi

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ostracodermi \Os`tra*coder"mi\, prop. n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr.
     'o`strakon shell of a testacean + ? skin.] (Zool.)
     A suborder of fishes of which {Ostracion} is the type.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  Ostracodermi
       n : extinct group of armored jawless vertebrates; taxonomy is
           not clear [syn: {order Ostracodermi}]