placoderm
Definitions
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.
Equivalents
Svenskapansarfisk
Examples
“Out to sea are placoderms – heavily armoured fish⟳, some of them more than six metres (twenty feet) long and equipped with massive, powerful jaws.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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