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Webster 1913 Edition

Placoganoidei

‖

Placˊo-ga-noi′de-i

,

Noun.

pl.

[NL., fr. Gr.

πλάξ

,

πλακός

, a tablet + NL.

ganoidei

. See

.]

(Zool.)

A division of ganoid fishes including those that have large external bony plates and a cartilaginous skeleton.