The Century dictionary and cyclopedia; a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge, with a new atlas of the world .. . (E. Blyth. 1859), pro)). *Platyacaiitlioniiis,< Gr. TT/.aTit;, flat, -I- iikavUn. a spine, + in%,mouse.] The only genus of Platacanthomijinm, Platanistidse having transversely laminate molars and thefur mixed ?nith flattened spines, p. lasiurus isa small species like a donnouse, with a densely hairy tail,inhabiting mountainous parts of western Iiulia. Platacidae (pla-tasi-de), n. pi. [NL., < Platax(Ilatac-) + -idle.] A family of acanthoptery-gian fishes
The Century dictionary and cyclopedia; a work of universal reference in all departments of knowledge, with a new atlas of the world .. . (E. Blyth. 1859), pro)). *Platyacaiitlioniiis,< Gr. TT/.aTit;, flat, -I- iikavUn. a spine, + in%,mouse.] The only genus of Platacanthomijinm, Platanistidse having transversely laminate molars and thefur mixed ?nith flattened spines, p. lasiurus isa small species like a donnouse, with a densely hairy tail,inhabiting mountainous parts of western Iiulia. Platacidae (pla-tasi-de), n. pi. [NL., < Platax(Ilatac-) + -idle.] A family of acanthoptery-gian fishes, t^-pified by the genus Platax: thesea-bats. They have a high compressed body, imbri-cated scales, a long high dorsal with the spines few andcrowded in front, a long high anal, well-developed ven-trals, setiform teeth in the jaws, and an edentulons 7 species are known as inhabitants of the Indianand western Pacific oceans. Platalea (pla-tale-ii), n. [NL., < L. platalea{sdsoplatea), the spoonbill, appar. < Gr. -/.nriif,flat: see plat^.] The typical genus of Plata-leidce, formerly conterminous with the family,. Spoonbill . ..rmita], ngw restricted to the Old World spoonbills,such as P. leucorodia, in which the intratho-racic parts of the trachea are peculiarly con-voluted. Also Platea. Plataleidse (plat-a-lei-de), n. pil. [NL., < Pla-talea + -idle.] A family of large grallatorialbirds of the order Herodiones and suborderIbides, typified by the genus Platalea, havingthe long flat bill dilated at the end like a spoon;the spoonbills, or spoon-billed ibises. There are5 or 6 species, of various parts of the world, chietly iutropical latitutles. They were formerly classed with thestorks, but ai-e more closely related to the ibises. See cutsunder Aiaia and Platalea. plataleiform (pla-talf-i-form). a. [l<i-talea, a spoonbill, -I- forma, form.] Like aspoonbill iu form; plataleine in structure audaffinity. plataleine (pla-tale-in), a. [< L. platalea, aspoonbill
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