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Placid vs Placoid - What's the difference?

placid | placoid |

As adjectives the difference between placid and placoid

is that placid is serene; calm while placoid is platelike; having irregular, platelike, bony scales, often bearing spines; pertaining to the placoids.

As a noun placoid is

any fish having placoid scales, such as the sharks.

placid

English

Adjective

(en adjective)
  • calm and quiet; peaceful; tranquil
    • a placid disposition
    a placid lake
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    • Derived terms

    * placidness * placidity

    placoid

    English

    Adjective

    (head)
  • Platelike; having irregular, platelike, bony scales, often bearing spines; pertaining to the placoids.
  • * 1979 , Cormac McCarthy, Suttree , Random House, p.68:
    • What about the carp? He regarded the two placoid shapes with doubt.

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any fish having placoid scales, such as the sharks.

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