PLACODERMI
Dictionary entry overview: What does Placodermi mean? • PLACODERMI (noun)
The noun PLACODERMI has 1 sense:
1. extinct group of bony-plated fishes with primitive jaws
Familiarity information: PLACODERMI used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
• PLACODERMI (noun)
Meaning:
Extinct group of bony-plated fishes with primitive jaws
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
class Placodermi; Placodermi
Hypernyms ("Placodermi" is a kind of...):
class ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders)
Meronyms (members of "Placodermi"):
placoderm (fishlike vertebrate with bony plates on head and upper body; dominant in seas and rivers during the Devonian; considered the earliest vertebrate with jaws)
Holonyms ("Placodermi" is a member of...):
Craniata; subphylum Craniata; subphylum Vertebrata; Vertebrata (fishes; amphibians; reptiles; birds; mammals)
| Learn English with... Proverbs of the week | |
"Bitter pills may have blessed effects." (English proverb)
"Where there is heart, there are hands." (Albanian proverb)
"The people's lord is their servant." (Arabic proverb)
"Leave the spool to the artisan." (Corsican proverb)
| PLACODERMI: related words searches | |
Page delivered in 0.0237 seconds
|
