Vocabulary : Placket to Placoidian

Placket : A petticoat, esp. an under petticoat; hence, a cant term for a woman. ;; The opening or slit left in a petticoat or skirt for convenience in putting it on; -- called also placket hole. ;; A woman's pocket.
Placoderm : One of the Placodermi.
Placodermal : Of or pertaining to the placoderms; like the placoderms.
Placodermata : Same as Placodermi.
Placodermi : An extinct group of fishes, supposed to be ganoids. The body and head were covered with large bony plates. See Illust. under Pterichthys, and Coccosteus.

Placoganoid : Pertaining to the Placoganoidei.
Placoganoidei : A division of ganoid fishes including those that have large external bony plates and a cartilaginous skeleton.
Placoid : Platelike; having irregular, platelike, bony scales, often bearing spines; pertaining to the placoids. ;; Any fish having placoid scales, as the sharks. ;; One of the Placoides.
Placoides : A group of fishes including the sharks and rays; the Elasmobranchii; -- called also Placoidei.
Placoidian : One of the placoids.

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