ganoid

American  

[gan-oid] / ˈgæn ɔɪd /

adjective

1. of or relating to the Ganoidei, a group of mostly extinct fishes characterized by hard, bony scales, the living species of which include the paddlefishes, sturgeons, and gars.

2. (of the scale of a fish) having a smooth, shiny surface of ganoin or a similar substance.

---

noun

1. a ganoid fish.

ganoid British  

/ ˈɡænɔɪd /

adjective

1. (of the scales of certain fishes) consisting of an inner bony layer and an outer layer of an enamel-like substance (ganoin)

2. denoting fishes, including the sturgeon and bowfin, having such scales

---

noun

1. a ganoid fish

Other Word Forms

• subganoid
  adjective

Etymology

Origin of ganoid

1830–40; < French ganoïde < Greek gán ( os ) brightness + -oïde -oid

Example Sentences

Instead of rudimentary trilobites, I noticed remains of a more perfect order of beings, amongst others ganoid fishes and some of those sauroids in which palaeontologists have discovered the earliest reptile forms.

From A Journey to the Interior of the Earth by Verne, Jules

Osteol′epis, a genus of fossil ganoid fishes peculiar to the Old Red Sandstone, so called from the bony appearance of their scales; Osteol′oger, Osteol′ogist, one versed in osteology.—adjs.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various

An order of ganoid fishes of which the bichir of Africa is a living example.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) by Webster, Noah

Diplacan�thus, a genus of ganoid fishes, found only in the Old Red Sandstone.

From The New Gresham Encyclopedia Volume 4, Part 1: Deposition to Eberswalde by Various

In a few minutes the huge beast had been cut up and slabs of him were hanging over a dozen camp fires, together with great scaly ganoid fish which had been speared in the lake.

From The Lost World by Doyle, Arthur Conan, Sir