Placoid

[plækɒid]

Definition

(adj.) as the hard flattened scales of e.g. sharks .

Typist: Randall--From WordNet

Definition

(a.) Platelike; having irregular, platelike, bony scales, often bearing spines; pertaining to the placoids.

(n.) Any fish having placoid scales, as the sharks.

(n.) One of the Placoides.

Checker: Sinclair

Definition

adj. plate-like.—Placoid fishes an order of fishes having placoid scales irregular plates of hard bone not imbricated but placed near together in the skin.

Typist: Naomi