- platelike
- adjective see plate I
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
platelike
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platelike — adjective as the hard flattened scales of e.g. sharks • Syn: ↑placoid • Similar to: ↑planar, ↑two dimensional * * * ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ adjective : resembling a plate especially in smooth flat form a platelike scale on the head of a lizard … Useful english dictionary
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Placoid — Plac oid, a. [Gr. pla x, plako s, a tablet + oid.] (Zo[ o]l.) Platelike; having irregular, platelike, bony scales, often bearing spines; pertaining to the placoids. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Crystallography — For the book of poetry, see Crystallography (book). A crystalline solid: atomic resolution image of strontium titanate. Brighter atoms are Sr and darker ones are Ti. Crystallography is the experimental science of the arrangement of atoms in… … Wikipedia
bony fish — any fish of the class Osteichthyes, characterized by gill covers, an air bladder, and a skeleton composed of bone in addition to cartilage. [1805 15, Amer.] * * * Any member of the vertebrate class Osteichthyes, including the great majority of… … Universalium
malacostracan — /mal euh kos treuh keuhn/, adj. 1. belonging or pertaining to the crustacean subclass Malacostraca, which includes the lobsters, shrimps, crabs, etc. n. 2. a malacostracan crustacean. [1825 35; < NL Malacostrac(a) order of crustacea ( < Gk, neut … Universalium
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plate — plate1 plateless, adj. platelike, adj. /playt/, n., v., plated, plating. n. 1. a shallow, usually circular dish, often of earthenware or porcelain, from which food is eaten. 2. the contents of such a dish; plateful. 3. an entire course of a meal… … Universalium
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