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terms

English

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /t??mz/
  • (US) IPA(key): /t?mz/

Noun

terms

  1. plural of term

Verb

terms

  1. Third-person singular simple present indicative form of term

Anagrams

  • ERTMS

Swedish

Noun

terms

  1. indefinite genitive singular of term

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placoid

English

Etymology

Ancient Greek plac- +? -oid

Adjective

placoid (not comparable)

  1. Platelike; having irregular, platelike, bony scales, often bearing spines; pertaining to the placoid fish
    • 1979, Cormac McCarthy, Suttree, Random House, p.68:
      What about the carp? He regarded the two placoid shapes with doubt.

Noun

placoid (plural placoids)

  1. Such a scale
  2. Any fish having placoid scales, such as the sharks

Related terms

  • microplacoid

References

  • placoid in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

  • podalic, podical

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