placoid
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English
Definitions
noun
- Such a scale
- Any fish having placoid scales, such as the sharks
adjective
- Platelike; having irregular, platelike, bony scales, often bearing spines; pertaining to the placoid fish
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platelikeplanartwo-dimensionalplacoidalplacodermianplagiostomouspleuronectiformalepidoteplagiostomatousplatyformperciformsquamiformpleuronectoidsquamoidacanthopterygioussquamigerous