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placoid

/'plækɔɪd/

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adjective
as the hard flattened scales of e.g. sharks
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platelike planar two-dimensional

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elasmobranch any of numerous fishes of the class Chondrichthyes characterized by a cartilaginous skeleton and placoid scales: sharks; rays; skates
selachian any of numerous fishes of the class Chondrichthyes characterized by a cartilaginous skeleton and placoid scales: sharks; rays; skates