Platy

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • In geology, made up of thin plates of hard rock, or splitting into such thin plates.
  • Like a plate; consisting of plates.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adjective. Like a plate; consisting of plates.
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  • noun. A tropical fish of the genus Xiphophorus (also including the swordtails.)
  • adjective. Resembling plates.
  • adjective. Of a field semy of plates.
  • adjective. Composed of thin plate-like pieces of igneous rock.
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  • noun. small stocky Mexican fish; popular aquarium fish
    • Word Usage
    "A live-bearer, it is closely related to the southern platyfish or "platy" (X. maculatus) and can interbreed with it."
    cross-reference
    platy fracture  
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    live-bearer  poeciliid  poeciliid fish  topminnow  
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Haiti  Kati  Katie  Katy  Kuwaiti  
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    platyfish  
    variant
    platier  platiest  
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