Coelolepida

plural noun

Coe·​lo·​lep·​i·​da

in some classifications

: an order of very small scaly Silurian and Lower Devonian ostracoderms

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Coelolepid-, Coelolepis, genus of ostracoderms (from coel- + -lepis) + -ida

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