| a. | 1. | (Zool.) Platelike; having irregular, platelike, bony scales, often bearing spines; pertaining to the placoids. |
| n. | 1. | (Zool.) Any fish having placoid scales, as the sharks. |
| Adj. | 1. | placoid - as the hard flattened scales of e.g. sharks Synonyms: platelike |
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