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Webster 1913 Edition
Placoid
Plac′oid
,Adj.
[Gr.
πλάξ
, πλακός
, a tablet + -oid
.] (Zool.)
Platelike; having irregular, platelike, bony scales, often bearing spines; pertaining to the placoids.
Plac′oid
,Noun.
(Zool.)
(a)
Any fish having placoid scales, as the sharks.
(b)
One of the Placoides.
Definition 2024
placoid
placoid
English
Adjective
placoid
- Platelike; having irregular, platelike, bony scales, often bearing spines; pertaining to the placoids.
- 1979, Cormac McCarthy, Suttree, Random House, p.68:
- What about the carp? He regarded the two placoid shapes with doubt.
- 1979, Cormac McCarthy, Suttree, Random House, p.68:
Noun
placoid (plural placoids)
- Any fish having placoid scales, such as the sharks.
References
- placoid in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913