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Placoderm

Placoderm Meaning & Definition
Placoderm Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Placoderm?

[n] fishlike vertebrate with bony plates on head and upper body; dominant in seas and rivers during the Devonian; considered the earliest vertebrate with jaws

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See Also | aquatic vertebrate | class Placodermi | Placodermi

Placoderm In Webster's Dictionary

\Plac"o*derm\, n. [Gr. ?, ?, tablet + ? skin.] (Paleon.) One of the Placodermi.

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