placoid

Questions about placoid

What does placoid mean?

placoid means "as the hard flattened scales of e.g. sharks".

How many syllables are in placoid?

placoid has 2 syllables: plac-oid. The stress falls on "plac". In IPA it is /ˈplækɔɪd/.

What is another word for placoid?

Close synonyms include platelike. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is placoid a common word?

placoid is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for placoid come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.