Cephalaspida

plural noun

Ceph·​a·​las·​pi·​da

-pədə

: a class or lesser division of primitive extinct vertebrates including Cephalaspis and a few related genera of Devonian ostracoderms

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Cephalaspis + -ida

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