Associations to the word «Ganoid»
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Wiktionary
GANOID, adjective. Having a smooth, shining surface, as if polished or enameled: specifically applied to those scales or plates of fishes which are generally of an angular form and composed of a bony or hard horny tissue overlaid with enamel.
GANOID, adjective. Having ganoid scales or plates, as a fish; specifically, of or pertaining to the Ganoidei.
GANOID, noun. (zoology) One of the Ganoidei, a disused taxonomic grouping of fishes, including the bowfin, gars, and sturgeons.
Dictionary definition
GANOID, noun. Primitive fishes having thick bony scales with a shiny covering.
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