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ctenoid

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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

CTENOID

CTENOID Cte "noid (t "noid or tn "oid ), a. (Zoöl.)(a ) Having a comblike margin, as a ctenoid scale. (b ) Pertaining to the Ctenoidei. -- n.

 

Defn: A ctenoidean.

 

CTENOIDEAN

CTENOIDEAN Cte *noid "e *an (t-noid "-an ), a. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: Relating to the Ctenoidei. -- n.

 

Defn: One of the Ctenoidei.

 

CTENOIDEI

Cte *noid "e *i (--), n. pl. Etym: [NL. , fr. Gr. -oid.] (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: A group of fishes, established by Agassiz, characterized by having scales with a pectinated margin, as in the perch. The group is now generally regarded as artificial.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

ctenoid

cte noid |ˈtēˌnoid, ˈtenˌoid ˈtinɔɪd | adjective Zoology (of fish scales ) having many tiny projections on the edge like the teeth of a comb, as in many bony fishes. Compare with ganoid and placoid. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from Greek kteis, kten- comb + -oid .

 

Oxford Dictionary

ctenoid

ctenoid |ˈtiːnɔɪd | adjective Zoology (of fish scales ) having many tiny projections on the edge like the teeth of a comb, as in many bony fishes. Compare with ganoid and placoid. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from Greek kteis, kten- comb + -oid .