Definitions for placoderm

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placoderm plac·o·derm

Spelling: [plak-uh-durm]

IPA: /ˈplæk əˌdɜrm/

Placoderm is a 9 letter English word.

You can make 684 anagrams from letters in placoderm (acdelmopr).

Definitions for placoderm

noun

1. any of various extinct jawed fishes of the class Placodermi, dominant in seas and rivers during the Devonian Period and characterized by bony armored plates on the head and upper trunk.

Origin of placoderm

1855-60; New Latin Placodermi name of the class, plural of placodermus, equivalent to placo- (Greek; see placoid, -o-) + -dermus Examples for placoderm

placoderm, plak′o-dėrm, adj. noting an order of fossil fishes having their skin covered with bony plates.