indicating something flat: platyhelminth
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plat•y1
(plā′tē),USA pronunciation adj., plat•i•er, plat•i•est.
plat•y2 (plat′ē),USA pronunciation n., pl. (esp. collectively) plat•y, (esp. referring to two or more kinds or species) plat•ys, plat•ies.
platy-,
- Rocks(of an igneous rock) split into thin, flat sheets, often resembling strata, as a result of uneven cooling.
- plate1 + -y1 1525–35
plat•y2 (plat′ē),USA pronunciation n., pl. (esp. collectively) plat•y, (esp. referring to two or more kinds or species) plat•ys, plat•ies.
- Fishplatyfish.
- Greek poikílos mottled
- by shortening of Neo-Latin Platypoecilus genus name, equivalent. to platy- platy- + -poecilus 1930–35
platy-,
- a combining form meaning "flat,'' "broad,'' used in the formation of compound words:platyhelminth.
- see flat1 combining form representing Greek platýs
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'platy' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
flat
- place
- plantain
- plat
- platy-
- platycephalic
- platycnemia
- platyfish
- platyhelminth
- platykurtic
- platypod
- platypus
- platyrrhine
- platysma
- vermiculite