Webster's Dictionary 1913

4861

Placoganoid

Plac′o‐ga″noid (?), a.(Zoöl.) Pertaining to the Placoganoidei.

4862

Placoganoidei

‖Plac′o‐ga‐noi″de‐i (?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. πλάξ, πλακόσ, a tablet + NL. ganoidei. See Ganoidei.] (Zoöl.) A division of ganoid fishes including those that have large external ...

4863

Placoid

Plac″oid (?), a. [Gr. πλάξ, πλακόσ, a tablet + -oid.] (Zoöl.) Platelike; having irregular, platelike, bony scales, often bearing spines; pertaining to the placoids.

4864

Placoid (2)

Plac″oid, n.(Zoöl.) (a) Any fish having placoid scales, as the sharks. (b) One of the Placoides.

4865

Placoides

‖Pla‐coi″des (?), n. pl.(Zoöl.) A group of fishes including the sharks and rays; the Elasmobranchii; — called also Placoidei.

4866

Placoidian

Pla‐coid″i‐an (plȧ‐koid″ĭ‐an), n.(Zoöl.) One of the placoids.

4867

Placophora

‖Pla‐coph″o‐ra (plȧ‐kŏf″ō̍‐rȧ), n. pl. [NL., from Gr. πλάξ, πλακόσ, tablet + φέρειν to bear.] (Zoöl.) A division of gastropod Mollusca, including the chitons. The back is covere...

4868

Plaga

‖Pla″ga (plā″gȧ), n.; pl.Plagæ (–jē̍). [L. plāga a blow, a welt, a stripe.] (Zoöl.) A stripe of color.

4869

Plagal

Pla″gal (plā″gal), a. [F., from Gr. πλάγιοσ sidewise, slanting.] (Mus.) Having a scale running from the dominant to its octave; — said of certain old church modes or tunes, as o...

4870

Plagate

Pla″gate (?), a.(Zoöl.) Having plagæ, or irregular enlongated color spots.

4871

Plage

Plage (plāl), n. [F., fr. L. plaga.] A region; country. “The plages of the north.” Chaucer.

4872

Plagiarism

Pla″gia‐rism (plā″jȧ‐rĭz'm or plā″jĭ‐ȧ–; 277), n. [Cf. F. plagiarisme.] 1. The act or practice of plagiarizing.2. That which is plagiarized.

4873

Plagiarist

Pla″gia‐rist (?), n. One who plagiarizes, or purloins the words, writings, or ideas of another, and passes them off as his own; a literary thief; a plagiary.

4874

Plagiarize

Pla″gia‐rize (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p.Plagiarized (?); p. pr. & vb. n.Plagiarizing.] To steal or purloin from the writings of another; to appropriate without due acknowledgement ...

4875

Plagiary

Pla″gia‐ry, v. i. To commit plagiarism.

4876

Plagiary (2)

Pla″gia‐ry (?), n.; pl.Plagiaries (#). [L. plagiarius a kidnaper, a literary thief, fr. plagium kidnaping; cf. plaga a net, perh. akin to E. plait: cf. F. plagiaire.] 1. A manst...

4877

Plagiary (3)

Pla″gia‐ry, a. 1. Kidnaping. E. Browne.2. Practicing plagiarism. Bp. Hall.

4878

Plagihedral

Pla′gi‐he″dral (?), a.(Crystallog.) Having an oblique spiral arrangement of planes, as levogyrate and dextrogyrate crystals.

4879

Plagiocephalic

Pla′gi‐o‐ce‐phal″ic (?), a.(Anat.) Having an oblique lateral deformity of the skull.

4880

Plagiocephaly

Pla′gi‐o‐ceph″a‐ly (?), n.(Anat.) Oblique lateral deformity of the skull.

4881

Plagioclase

Pla″gi‐o‐clase (?), n.(Min.) A general term used of any triclinic feldspar. See the Note under Feldspar.

4882

Plagionite

Pla″gi‐o‐nite (?), n.(Min.) A sulphide of lead and antimony, of a blackish lead-gray color and metallic luster.

4883

Plagiostomatous

Pla′gi‐o‐stom″a‐tous (?), a.(Zoöl.) Same as Plagiostomous.

4884

Plagiostome

Pla″gi‐o‐stome (?), n.(Zoöl.) One of the Plagiostomi.

4885

Plagiostomi

‖Pla′gi‐os″to‐mi (?), n. pl.(Zoöl.) An order of fishes including the sharks and rays; — called also Plagiostomata.

4886

Plagiostomous

Pla′gi‐os″to‐mous (?), a.(Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the Plagiostomi.

4887

Plagiotremata

‖Pla′gi‐o‐trem″a‐ta (?), n. pl.; (Zoöl.) Same as Lepidosauria.