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platy

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adjective

Geol. composed of plates, sheets, or slabs, as certain sandstones or limestones

noun pl. platy, platys, platies

any of a number of brightly colored, freshwater livebearer fishes (genus Xiphophorus) of Central America: used in tropical aquariums

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