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ganoid

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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

GANOID

Ga "noid, a. Etym: [Gr. -oid.] (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: Of or pertaining to Ganoidei. -- n. One of the Ganoidei. Ganoid scale (Zoöl.), 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.

 

GANOIDAL

GANOIDAL Ga *noid "al, a. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: Ganoid.

 

GANOIDEI

Ga *noi "de *i, n. pl. Etym: [NL. See Ganoid. ] (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: One of the subclasses of fishes. They have an arterial cone and bulb, spiral intestinal valve, and the optic nerves united by a chiasma. Many of the species are covered with bony plates, or with ganoid scales; others have cycloid scales.

 

Note: They were numerous, and some of them of large size, in early geological periods; but they are represented by comparatively few living species, most of which inhabit fresh waters, as the bowfin, gar pike, bichir, Ceratodus, paddle fish, and sturgeon.

 

GANOIDIAN

GANOIDIAN Ga *noid "i *an, a. & n. (Zoöl.)

 

Defn: Ganoid.

 

New American Oxford Dictionary

ganoid

gan oid |ˈganoid ˈɡænɔɪd |Zoology adjective (of fish scales ) hard and bony with a shiny enamellike surface. Compare with ctenoid and placoid. (of a fish ) having ganoid scales. noun a primitive fish that has ganoid scales, e.g., a bichir, sturgeon, or freshwater garfish. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from French ganoïde, from Greek ganos brightness.

 

Oxford Dictionary

ganoid

ganoid |ˈganɔɪd |Zoology adjective (of fish scales ) hard and bony with a shiny enamelled surface. Compare with ctenoid and placoid. (of a fish ) having ganoid scales. noun a primitive fish that has ganoid scales, e.g. a sturgeon or freshwater garfish. ORIGIN mid 19th cent.: from French ganoïde, from Greek ganos brightness .

 

Duden Dictionary

Ganoiden

Ga no i den Pluralwort , die |Gano i den |die Ganoiden (Plural ) Schmelzschupper zusammenfassende Bezeichnung für Störe, Hechte und ↑ Kaimanfische

 

Ganoidschuppe

Ga no id schup pe Substantiv, feminin , die |Gano i dschuppe |die Ganoidschuppe; Genitiv: der Ganoidschuppe, Plural: die Ganoidschuppen griechisch-neulateinisch ; deutsch rhombenförmige Fischschuppe charakteristisch für die Ganoiden