OSTRACODERM


Meaning of OSTRACODERM in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ˈäs-trə-kō-ˌdərm, äs-ˈtra-kə- ]

noun

Etymology: ultimately from Greek ostrakon + derma skin — more at derm-

Date: 1891

: any of the early fossil jawless fishes of the Lower Paleozoic usually having a bony covering of plates or scales

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.