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Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: platy- combining form - indicating something flat: platyhelminth
Etymology: from Greek platus flat WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024plat•y1 (plā′tē),USA pronunciation adj., plat•i•er, plat•i•est. - Rocks(of an igneous rock) split into thin, flat sheets, often resembling strata, as a result of uneven cooling.
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.
Also, plat-. - see flat1 combining form representing Greek platýs
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