placoid
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Adjective[edit]
placoid (not comparable)
- Platelike; having irregular, platelike, bony scales, often bearing spines; pertaining to the placoid fish
- 1979, Cormac McCarthy, Suttree, Random House, page 68:
- What about the carp? He regarded the two placoid shapes with doubt.
Noun[edit]
placoid (plural placoids)
Related terms[edit]
References[edit]
- “placoid”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.