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Placoidian

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placoidnounAny fish having placoid scales, such as the sharks
placodermnoun(paleontology) A member of an extinct paraphyletic class (Placodermi) of jawed fish with armored heads and thoraces; the group lived during the Silurian and Devonian periods.
platycephalidnoun(zoology) Any fish in the family Platycephalidae.
platyrhinidnoun(zoology) Any fish in the family Platyrhinidae.
placozoonnounplacozoan
placunidnoun(zoology) Any bivalve in the family Placunidae.
aplodactylidnoun(zoology) Any marblefish in the family Aplodactylidae.
microplacoidnounA very small placoid scale
dinichthyidnoun(zoology) Any placoderm in the family Dinichthyidae.
pholidnoun(zoology) Any fish in the family Pholidae.
plaisenounObsolete form of plaice (the fish). [Several similar marine flatfish of the righteye flounder family Pleuronectidae:]
pholidichthyidnoun(zoology) Any fish in the family Pholidichthyidae.
pleuronectiformnoun(zoology) Any member of the order Pleuronectiformes (flatfishes).
paralichthyidnoun(zoology) Any flounder in the family Paralichthyidae.
labroidnoun(ichthyology) Any fish of this kind.
palaeoniscidnoun(zoology) Any extinct fish of the family Palaeoniscidae
plaicenounSeveral similar marine flatfish of the righteye flounder family Pleuronectidae:
batfishnounAny of several spade-shaped, laterally compressed, reef-dwelling tropical fish of the genus Platax.
titanichthyidnoun(zoology) Any placoderm in the family †Titanichthyidae.
petalichthyidnounAny extinct placoderm fish of the order †Petalichthyida

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