Definition of "platelike" [platelike]

• Having characteristics of a plate (adjective)

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• "Mature females have large, inwardly directed, platelike oostegites at the inner base of their anterior legs."
• "They are large and platelike, and form the marsupium, in which the eggs and developing young are protected."
• "But for now, the explanation above of capped columns, for instance, includes these words: If the local environment changes just slightly to prefer platelike growth over columnar growth ."