platelike

• Adjektiv, das beschreibt, dass etwas wie eine Platte oder ein Teller geformt ist, also flach und scheibenförmig. Es wird vor allem für flache, tellerähnliche oder plattenartige Formen verwendet.

An obsolete adjective meaning resembling a plate or having a flat, plate-like form.

1. Resembling a plateC1formal

   Having a flat, broad, and often rigid shape similar to a plate, such as the hard, flattened scales found on certain animals like sharks.

   Plattenförmig

   • The shark's skin is covered in platelike scales called dermal denticles.
   • The fossil showed a platelike structure on the creature's back.
   • The armor was made of platelike segments for protection.

   Synonymediscoidlaminarplacoidplatytabular