English Explanatory Dictionary

placoderm

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A member of an extinct paraphyletic class (†Placodermi) of jawed fish with armored heads and thoraces; the group lived during the Silurian and Devonian periods.
adj
  1. Pertaining to the paraphyletic class †Placodermi.

Word forms

placoderm placoderms

Etymology

From placo- + -derm, after German Placoderm.

Related words

Placodermi
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