About  |  Kamus SABDA Mobile
Table of Contents -- placoid
POS
HYPHEN
WORDNET DICTIONARY
CIDE DICTIONARY
OXFORD DICTIONARY
Link, Gadget and Share
Copy the code below to your site:
Link
Gadget
Share
 Facebook
 Twitter
Add to your browser

placoid

 : 
Adjective
 : 
plac=oid

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Adjective placoid has 1 sense

CIDE DICTIONARY

placoida. [Gr. pla`x, plako`s, a tablet + -oid.].
     Platelike; having irregular, platelike, bony scales, often bearing spines; pertaining to the placoids.  [1913 Webster]
placoidn. 
     Any fish having placoid scales, as the sharks.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

placoid, adj. & n.
--adj.
1 (of a fish-scale) consisting of a hard base embedded in the skin and a spiny backward projection (cf. CTENOID).
2 (of a fish) covered with these scales.
--n. a placoid fish, e.g. a shark.

Etymology
Gk plax plakos flat plate
copyright © 2012 Yayasan Lembaga SABDA (YLSA) | To report a problem/suggestion