placoid
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.