Found 2 items, similar to Placodermi.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: Placodermi
Placodermi
n : extinct group of bony-plated fishes with primitive jaws
[syn:
class Placodermi]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Placodermi
Placodermi
\Plac`o*der"mi\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. pla`x, plako`s,
a tablet + de`rma 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.
[1913 Webster]