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Placoid
Placoid Plac"oid, a. [Gr. ?, ?, a tablet + -oid.] (Zo["o]l.)
Platelike; having irregular, platelike, bony scales, often
bearing spines; pertaining to the placoids.
Placoid
Placoid Plac"oid, n. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) Any fish having placoid scales, as the sharks.
(b) One of the Placoides.
Meaning of Placoid from wikipedia
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sturgeons and gars.
Cartilaginous fishes (sharks and rays) are
covered with
placoid scales. Some
species are
covered instead by scutes, and
others have no...
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Chondrichthyes are
aquatic vertebrates with
paired fins,
paired nares,
placoid scales,
conus arteriosus in the heart, and a lack of
opercula and swim...
- development.
Ganoid scales on a
carboniferous fish
Amblypterus striatus Placoid scales on a
lemon shark (Negaprion brevirostris)
Cycloid scales on a common...
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Acute posterior multifocal placoid pigment epitheliopathy (APMPPE) is an
acquired inflammatory uveitis that
belongs to the
heterogenous group of white...
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slits opening individually to the exterior,
rigid dorsal fins and
small placoid scales on the skin. The
teeth are in
several series; the
upper jaw is not...
- jaw to have high
mobility and
protrude outward. The
teeth are
modified placoid scales that are
regularly shed and replaced. In general, the
teeth have...
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water as they
reduce high-velocity flow. The
larger the fish, the more
placoid scales they are
likely to have.
These projections are
extremely teeth-like...
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gills so they can
breathe without having to swim. Bony fish do not have
placoid scales like
cartilaginous fish,
instead they
consist of
three types of...
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portion of the skate's
dorsal body is
covered by
rough skin made of
placoid scales.
Placoid scales have a
pointed tip that is
oriented caudally and are homologous...
- animal.: 35–36 One ****ociated set of
megalodon remains was
found with
placoid scales,
which are 0.3 to 0.8
millimetres (0.012 to 0.031 in) in maximum...
