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Vinony

platy

noun

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈpleɪti/ / /ˈplæti/

adj

Etymology: From plate + -y.

  1. Resembling plates.
  2. Semy of plates (roundels argent).

    “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).”

  3. Composed of thin plate-like pieces of rock or mineral.

name

Etymology: From Greek Πλατύ (Platý).

  1. A town in Central Macedonia, Greece.
  2. A small village on Lemnos, Greece.

noun

Etymology: ] ] Translingual: Platypoecilus (“former genus of platys”)

  1. Any of two species (and hybrids) of tropical fish of the genus Xiphophorus (which also includes the swordtails).

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