Hypertext Webster Gateway: "ganoid"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Ganoid \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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
ganoid
n : primitive fishes having thick bony scales with a shiny
covering [syn: {ganoid fish}]
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