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platy

/ˈpleɪti/

platy adjective: resembling plates.

platy: resembling plates
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Adjective

platy (comparative platier, superlative platiest)

  1. Resembling plates.
  2. Semy of plates (roundels argent).
    • Alternative form: platé
    • Gules, a saltire argent within a bordure sable bezantée (sic C., but Papworth cites, p. 1069, from A., per saltire gules and sable, a saltire argent, and a bordure of the 2nd platy).1877, The Reliquary and Illustrated Archaeologist, page 19
  3. Composed of thin plate-like pieces of rock or mineral.

Noun

IPA/ˈplæti/

platy (plural platys or platies or platy)

  1. Any of two species (and hybrids) of tropical fish of the genus Xiphophorus (which also includes the swordtails).
    • I had a mixed community aquarium with several tetras, two mollies, some corydoras catfish, and a platy from a previous tank.
    • There were all kinds - Swordtails, Guppies, Platys, Terras [sic], Neons, Cichlids, Labyrinth and Paradise fish, and every variety of exotic Goldfish.1954, Ian Fleming, “Midnight Among The Worms”, in Live and Let Die, London: Pan Books, published 1957, page 156

Proper noun capitalized: Platy

Platy

  1. A town in Central Macedonia, Greece.
  2. A small village on Lemnos, Greece.

platy meaning in Tamil

platy in Tamil

நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், மீன் இனங்களில் ஒன்றாகும்

Examples of platy in a sentence

  • A similar coat, Or, fretty gules platy, is an old coat of VERDON; and Or, fretty sable platy is the canting coat of PLATT.1892, John Woodward, George Burnett, A Treatise on Heraldry, British and Foreign: With English and French Glossaries, page 97:
  • Sable platy, two flaunches argent - Spelman (159).1983, Charles Boutell, Boutell's Heraldry, Frederick Warne Publishers:

Forms of platy

Adjective
comparativeplatier
superlativeplatiest
Noun
pluralplatys
pluralplaties
pluralplaty

Origin of platy

From plate + -y.

] ] Translingual: Platypoecilus (“former genus of platys”)

From Greek Πλατύ (Platý).

Words formed from platy

Words that rhyme with platy

Questions about platy

What does platy mean?
Platy means resembling plates.
What is platy in Tamil?
Platy in Tamil is நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், மீன் இனங்களில் ஒன்றாகும். See Platy meaning in Tamil.
How do you use platy in a sentence?
A similar coat, Or, fretty gules platy, is an old coat of VERDON; and Or, fretty sable platy is the canting coat of PLATT.
What part of speech is platy?
Platy can be an adjective, a noun or a proper noun.
How do you pronounce platy?
Platy is pronounced /ˈpleɪti/.

Words near platy in the dictionary

  1. platts
  2. Plattsburg
  3. Plattsburgh
  4. Plattsburgh-Burlington-Montreal
  5. Plattsmouth
  6. platy
  7. platy-
  8. platybasia
  9. platybasic
  10. platycephalic
  11. platycephalid

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