Platysomidae

plural noun

Platy·​som·​i·​dae

-sōm-

: a family of Carboniferous and Permian ganoid fishes (order Archistia) having a deep compressed body covered with rhombic scales joined by peg-and-socket joints

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Platysomus, type genus (from Greek platysōmos broad-bodied, from platy- + sōma body) + -idae

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