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platy1 (ˈpleɪtɪ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj , platier, platiest | |
| of, relating to, or designating rocks the constituents of which occur in flaky layers: platy fracture | |
| [C19: from | |
| platy2 (ˈplætɪ) | |
| —n , pl platy, platys, platies | |
| any of various small brightly coloured freshwater cyprinodont fishes of the Central American genus Xiphophorus, esp X. maculatus | |
| [C20: shortened from New Latin Platypoecilus former genus name, from | |
| platy- | |
| —combining form | |
| indicating something flat: platyhelminth | |
| [from Greek platus flat] | |
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Medical Dictionary
platy- pref.
Flat: platyhelminth.
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platy
(species Xiphophorus maculatus), popular tropical aquarium fish of the live-bearer family, Poeciliidae (order Atheriniformes). The platy is a compact fish, about 5 cm (2 inches) long and extremely variable in colour. It has been bred in many attractive colour varieties, and, like the related swordtail (Xiphophorus helleri) with which it has been crossed, has been used in a variety of genetic and medical studies
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Example sentences
Serpentine is usually fine-grained and compact but may be granular, platy, or fibrous in appearance.
Consists of mainly dark platy to medium-bedded, fine-grained to aphanitic limestone, generally oolitic and fossiliferous.
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