Home › Words › G › galeaspidgaleaspidgaleaspid means any of the extinct class †Galeaspida of jawless fish.EtymologyFrom Latin galea (“helmet”) + aspis (from Ancient Greek ἀσπίς (aspís, “round shield”)); compare translingual †Galeaspida.nounAny of the extinct class †Galeaspida of jawless fish.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.pteraspidomorph 73% match — Any member of the Pteraspidomorphi, an extinct class of early jawless fish. vs galeaspid →pteraspidid 73% match — Any extinct jawless fish of the family †Pteraspididae vs galeaspid →galeaspidin 72% match — A form of aspidin present in galeaspid fish vs galeaspid →eugaleaspid 69% match — Any fish of the order Eugaleaspidiformes vs galeaspid →amphiaspid 69% match — Any extinct agnathan of the taxon Amphiaspidida vs galeaspid →galeid 66% match — A member of the former shark family Galeidae. vs galeaspid →cephalaspidomorph 65% match — Any of a group of jawless fishes named for the cephalaspids, a group of osteostracans. vs galeaspid →cladoselachian 65% match — Any of the genus †Cladoselache of extinct cartilaginous fish. vs galeaspid →