Having a hard covering of scales, spines, or horny plate, as an armadillo or a lobster.
large bony or horny plate as on an armadillo or turtle.
"It consists of two horny plates attached to the roof of the mouth. Each plate (as long as 3.6 m, in the right whale) is composed of parallel slats with fringes that mat together to form a sieve."
(zoology) having the body covered or partially covered with thin horny plates, as some fish and reptiles.
