Hypertext Webster Gateway: "placoid"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Placoid \Plac"oid\, a. [Gr. ?, ?, a tablet + -oid.] (Zo["o]l.)
Platelike; having irregular, platelike, bony scales, often
bearing spines; pertaining to the placoids.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Placoid \Plac"oid\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) Any fish having placoid scales, as the sharks.
(b) One of the Placoides.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
placoid
adj : as the hard flattened scales of e.g. sharks [syn: {platelike}]
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