ganoid

2 definitions found

ganoid - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Ganoid \Ga"noid\, a. [Gr. ? brightness + -oid.] (Zool.)
     Of or pertaining to Ganoidei. -- n. One of the Ganoidei.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     Ganoid scale (Zool.), 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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ganoid - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  ganoid
      n 1: primitive fishes having thick bony scales with a shiny
           covering [syn: ganoid, ganoid fish]