Meaning

Resembling plates..

Definitions by Sense

1. Resembling plates.
2. (heraldry) Semy of plates (roundels argent).
3. (geology, mineralogy) Composed of thin plate-like pieces of rock or mineral.
4. Any of two species (and hybrids) of tropical fish of the genus Xiphophorus (which also includes the swordtails).

Example Sentences

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).

[...] fretty gules besanty / here the besants are placed at the intersection of the pieces of the fretty. A similar coat, Or, fretty gules platy, is an old coat of VERDON; and Or, fretty sable platy is the canting coat of PLATT.

Or, a fess dancetty of two points gules masoned argent; on a chief azure a representation of Maidenhead Bridge over water barry wavy in base. 212. Argent, a fess gules between 3 astral crowns azure. 213. Sable platy, a pile barry[…]

Sable platy, two flaunches argent - Spelman (159). Gules, five lozenges conjoined in bend argent - Raleigh (160).

I had a mixed community aquarium with several tetras, two mollies, some corydoras catfish, and a platy from a previous tank.

Word Forms

• platier
• platiest
• platys
• platies
• platy

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Use platy when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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