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Coccosteus
noun
Coc·cos·te·us
\kəˈkästēəs\
Definition of Coccosteus
: a genus of Devonian fishes having broad armored plates about the head and being the type of the family Coccosteidae
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Origin and Etymology of coccosteus
New Latin, from cocc- + -osteus
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