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PLATY [5 records]

Record 1 2020-07-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fish
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

A fish of the family Poeciliidae.

OBS

platy: common name also used to refer to the species Xiphophorus variatus.

Key term(s)
  • southern platy-fish

French

Domaine(s)
  • Poissons
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Poisson de la famille des Poeciliidae.

Spanish

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Record 2 2020-07-31

English

Subject field(s)
  • Fish
Universal entry(ies)
OBS

A fish of the family Poeciliidae.

OBS

platy: common name also used to refer to the species Xiphophorus maculatus.

Key term(s)
  • variable platy-fish

French

Domaine(s)
  • Poissons
Entrée(s) universelle(s)
OBS

Poisson de la famille des Poeciliidae.

Spanish

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Record 3 2011-02-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Soil Science
DEF

Consisting of soil aggregates that have developed predominantly along the horizontal axes.

OBS

platy: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Science du sol
DEF

Composé d'agrégats du sol qui se sont formés principalement suivant un axe horizontal.

Spanish

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Record 4 2011-02-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Petrography
OBS

platy: term used at Natural Resources Canada - Earth Sciences Sector.

PHR

Platy limestone.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Pétrographie
OBS

en plaquettes : terme en usage à Ressources naturelles Canada - Secteur des sciences de la Terre.

PHR

Calcaire dolomitique en plaquettes.

Spanish

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Record 5 2008-03-06

English

Subject field(s)
  • Soil Science
OBS

platy: [Said of] horizontal planes more or less developed.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Science du sol
OBS

lamellaire : [Se dit de] plans horizontaux plus ou moins formés.

Spanish

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