Meanings
nounplacodont (plural placodonts)
plural placodonts
- An extinct marine reptile of the order Placodontia.
The dentition of placodonts was very interesting, as they all had large crushing teeth on the palate.
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
Origin
From placo- + -odont, after scientific Latin Placodus (genus name).
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