placoderm
English
editEtymology
editFrom placo- + -derm, after German Placoderm.
Noun
editplacoderm (plural placoderms)
- (paleontology) A member of an extinct class (Placodermi) of jawed fish with armored heads and thoraces; the group lived during the Silurian and Devonian periods. [from 19th c.]
- 2012, Caspar Henderson, The Book of Barely Imagined Beings, Granta Books, published 2013, page 12:
- Out to sea are placoderms – heavily armoured fish, some of them more than six metres (twenty feet) long and equipped with massive, powerful jaws.
Adjective
editplacoderm (comparative more placoderm, superlative most placoderm)
- (paleontology) Pertaining to the class Placodermi. [from 19th c.]
- 2018 January 24, Elsa Panciroli, The Guardian:
- Research published recently on placoderm fish fossils from Scottish Devonian lakes (around 365 myo) found evidence for how this extinct group of animals copulated.
See also
editAnagrams
editRomanian
editEtymology
editBorrowed from French placoderme or German Plakoderm.
Noun
editplacoderm m (plural placodermi)
Declension
editDeclension of placoderm
singular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) placoderm | placodermul | (niște) placodermi | placodermii |
genitive/dative | (unui) placoderm | placodermului | (unor) placodermi | placodermilor |
vocative | placodermule | placodermilor |
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