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Found 1 definition: ganoid.

Pos: Adjective, Noun

[WORDNET DICTIONARY]

Noun ganoid has 1 senses

ganoid(n = noun.animal) ganoid fish - primitive fishes having thick bony scales with a shiny covering;
is a kind of teleost, teleost fish, teleostan
is a member of ganoidei, order ganoidei
has particulars: amia calva, bowfin, dogfish, grindle, duckbill, paddlefish, polyodon spathula, chinese paddlefish, psephurus gladis, sturgeon, billfish, gar, garfish, garpike, lepisosteus osseus

[CIDE DICTIONARY]

ganoid, a. [Gr. brightness + -oid.].

Of or pertaining to Ganoidei. -- n. One of the Ganoidei. [1913 Webster]

Ganoid scale (Zoöl.), one kind of scales of the ganoid fishes, composed of an inner layer of bone, and an outer layer of shining enamel. They are often so arranged as to form a coat of mail.

[OXFORD DICTIONARY]

ganoid, adj. & n.
--adj.
1 (of fish scales) enamelled; smooth and bright.
2 having ganoid scales.
--n. a fish having ganoid scales.

Etymology:
F gano{iuml}de f. Gk ganos brightness

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