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placodermi


  2  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Placodermi  \Plac`o*der"mi\,  n.  pl  [NL.,  fr  Gr  ?,  ?,  a  tablet 
  +  ?  skin.]  (Paleon.) 
  An  extinct  group  of  fishes,  supposed  to  be  ganoids.  The  body 
  and  head  were  covered  with  large  bony  plates.  See  Illust. 
  under  {Pterichthys},  and  {Coccosteus}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  Placodermi 
  n  :  extinct  group  of  bony-plated  fishes  with  primitive  jaws 
  [syn:  {Placodermi},  {class  Placodermi}] 




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