Definition of ganoid Ganoid
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What does ganoid mean?
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NounPlural: ganoids |
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| ganoid - primitive fishes having thick bony scales with a shiny covering | ||
| ganoid fish | ||
| teleost, teleost fish, teleostan a bony fish of the subclass Teleostei | ||
| ganoidei, order ganoidei a group of mostly extinct primitive bony fishes characterized by armor-like bony scales | ||
| amia calva, bowfin, grindle, dogfish primitive long-bodied carnivorous freshwater fish with a very long dorsal fin; found in sluggish waters of North America | ||
| paddlefish, polyodon spathula, duckbill primitive fish of the Mississippi valley having a long paddle-shaped snout | ||
| chinese paddlefish, psephurus gladis fish of larger rivers of China similar to the Mississippi paddlefish | ||
| sturgeon large primitive fishes valued for their flesh and roe; widely distributed in the North Temperate Zone | ||
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Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- ganoid (a.)
Of or pertaining to Ganoidei. -- n. One of the Ganoidei.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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ganoid
gän′oid, adj. belonging to an order of fishes once very large, but now decadent, including only seven genera (sturgeons, &c.).—adj. Ganoi′dian. [Gr. ganos, brightness, eidos, appearance.]
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🔤- ganoid, noun, singular of ganoids.
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