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Anaspida
plural noun
An·as·pi·da
\-pədə\
Definition of Anaspida
: a class or other division of primitive fishlike ostracoderms having a heterocercal tail and a covering of small elongated scales and known from Silurian-Devonian transition beds of Europe and America
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Origin and Etymology of anaspida
New Latin, from an- + -aspida (from Greek aspid-, aspis shield)
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