platy

(noun, adjective)

adjective

1. Resembling plates.

2. (heraldry) Of a field semy of plates.

3. (geology, mineralogy) Composed of thin plate-like pieces of rock or mineral.

noun

1. small stocky Mexican fish; popular aquarium fish

Definition categories: animal, poeciliid, topminnow

Sentences with platy as a noun:

- I had a mixed community aquarium with several tetras, two mollies, some corydoras catfish, and a platy from a previous tank.