placodont
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English
Etymology
From placo- + -odont, after scientific Latin Placodus (genus name).
Noun
placodont (plural placodonts)
- An extinct marine reptile of the order Placodontia.
- 2012, Winand Brinkmann, Kenneth De Baets, editors, Paleontological Museum of the University of Zürich: Exhibition Guide, Paleontological Institute and Museum of the University of Zürich, →ISBN, page 74:
- The dentition of placodonts was very interesting, as they all had large crushing teeth on the palate.