Associations to the word «Placoid»

Wiktionary

PLACOID, adjective. Platelike; having irregular, platelike, bony scales, often bearing spines; pertaining to the placoids.
PLACOID, noun. Any fish having placoid scales, such as the sharks.

Dictionary definition

PLACOID, adjective. As the hard flattened scales of e.g. sharks.

Wise words

There is no sickness worse for me than words that to be kind must lie.
Aeschylus