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.

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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

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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

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ganoid

An order of ganoid fishes of which Amis is type.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah

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

A genus of ganoid fishes, including the sturgeons, having the body armed with bony scales, and the mouth on the under side of the head.

From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah

Dura Den, a glen near Cupar-Fife, famous for the number of ganoid fossil fishes entombed in its sandstone.

From The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by Nuttall, P. Austin

The form of the "pectoral fins" was quite unique—these having the shape of two long, curved spines, somewhat like wings, covered by finely-tuberculated ganoid plates.

From The Ancient Life History of the Earth A Comprehensive Outline of the Principles and Leading Facts of Palæontological Science by Nicholson, Henry Alleyne