ganoid : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: ganoid	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for ganoid
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
ganoid n primitive fishes having thick bony scales with a shiny covering Synonym(s): ganoid, ganoid fish
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Ganoid \Ga"noid\, a. [Gr. [?] brightness + -oid.] (Zo[94]l.) Of or pertaining to Ganoidei. -- n. One of the Ganoidei. {Ganoid scale} (Zo[94]l.), 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.