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platy

Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • In geology, made up of thin plates of hard rock, or splitting into such thin plates.
  • Like a plate; consisting of plates.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • adjective Like a plate; consisting of plates.

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun A tropical fish of the genus Xiphophorus (also including the swordtails.)
  • adjective Resembling plates.
  • adjective heraldry Of a field semy of plates.
  • adjective geology Composed of thin plate-like pieces of igneous rock.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • noun small stocky Mexican fish; popular aquarium fish

Etymologies

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plate + -y

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synonyms (1)

Words with the same meaning

  1. platyfish

hypernyms (4)

Words that are more generic or abstract

  1. live-bearer
  2. poeciliid
  3. poeciliid fish
  4. topminnow

variants (2)

Variants

  1. platier
  2. platiest

relateds (2)

relateds

  1. plate
  2. plated

cross-references (1)

Cross-references

  1. platy fracture

rhymes (9)

Words with the same terminal sound

  1. Haiti
  2. Kati
  3. Katie
  4. Katy
  5. Kuwaiti
  6. eighty
  7. kati
  8. matey
  9. weighty

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