Meaning of GANOID
| Pronunciation: | | 'ganoyd
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| | Definition: | | [n] primitive fishes having thick bony scales with a shiny covering |
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| | Synonyms: | | ganoid fish |
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| | See Also: | | Amia calva, billfish, bowfin, Chinese paddlefish, dogfish, duckbill, Ganoidei, gar, garfish, garpike, grindle, Lepisosteus osseus, order Ganoidei, paddlefish, Polyodon spathula, Psephurus gladis, sturgeon, teleost, teleost fish, teleostan | |
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| | Definition: | | \Ga"noid\, a. [Gr. ? brightness + -oid.] (Zo["o]l.)
Of or pertaining to Ganoidei. -- n. One of the Ganoidei.
{Ganoid scale} (Zo["o]l.), 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.
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