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placoderm

/ˈplækəˌdʌrm/
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Definitions of placoderm
  1. noun
    fish-like 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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    type of:
    aquatic vertebrate
    animal living wholly or chiefly in or on water
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