Placodermi

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Etymology

New Latin, from Ancient Greek stem of πλάξ (pláx, something broad or flat) + δέρμα (dérma, skin).

Proper noun

Placodermi

  1. A taxonomic class within the infraphylum Gnathostomata – placoderms, extinct armored fish that lived from the Silurian to the Devonian periods.

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