What does "placoid" mean?
Placoid: Platelike; having irregular, platelike, bony scales, often bearing spines; pertaining to the placoids.
Additional senses
- 2.(a) Any fish having placoid scales, as the sharks. (b) One of the Placoides.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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