Ganoid

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(Zool.) Of or pertaining to Ganoidei. - n. One of the Ganoidei. Ganoid scale (Zool.) 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.

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ganoid - primitive fishes having thick bony scales with a shiny covering Synonyms: ganoid fish

Amia calva, billfish, bowfin, Chinese paddlefish, dogfish, duckbill, ganoid fish, Ganoidei, gar, garfish, garpike, grindle, Lepisosteus osseus, order Ganoidei, paddlefish, Polyodon spathula, Psephurus gladis, sturgeon, teleost, teleost fish, teleostan