| plaga | Origin: L. Plaga a blow, a welt, a stripe. <zoology> A stripe of colour. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
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| plagate | <zoology> Having plagae, or irregular enlongated colour spots. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| plagiarism | Passing off as one's own the work of another without credit. (12 Dec 1998) |
| plagihedral | <chemistry> Having an oblique spiral arrangement of planes, as levogyrate and dextrogyrate crystals. Origin: Gr. Oblique + base, seat. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| plagio- | Oblique, slanting. Origin: G. Plagios (05 Mar 2000) |
| plagiocephalic | <anatomy> Having an oblique lateral deformity of the skull. Origin: Gr. Oblique + the head. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| plagiocephalism | <anatomy> Oblique lateral deformity of the skull. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| plagiocephalous | <anatomy> Having an oblique lateral deformity of the skull. Origin: Gr. Oblique + the head. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| plagiocephaly | <anatomy> Oblique lateral deformity of the skull. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| plagioclase | <chemical> A general term used of any triclinic feldspar. See the Note under Feldspar. Origin: Gr. Oblique + to break. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| plagionite | <chemical> A sulphide of lead and antimony, of a blackish lead-gray colour and metallic luster. Origin: Gr. Oblique. So called in allusion to its usually oblique crystallization. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| plagiostomatous | <zoology> Same as Plagiostomous. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| plagiostome | <zoology> One of the Plagiostomi. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| plagiostomi | <zoology> An order of fishes including the sharks and rays. Synonym: Plagiostomata. Origin: NL, from Gr. Slanting +, mouth. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| plagiostomous | <zoology> Of or pertaining to the Plagiostomi. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |