plac|o|derm

plac|o|derm
plac|o|derm «PLAK uh durm», noun.
any one of a class of extinct sharklike fishes having primitive jaws, and hard, bony plates covering the body. The placoderms were the marine counterparts of the armored dinosaurs.
[< Greek pláx, plakós flat surface + dérma skin]

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