ganoid

Definition of Ganoid in English :

1. ganoid, ganoid fish

primitive fishes having thick bony scales with a shiny covering

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Ganoid

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

3.

a ganoid fish

adjective

1.

of or having growing scales with a hard glossy surface of many layers of enamel, as in many extinct and some living fishes

noun

2.

a fish having such scales, as the sturgeons, gars, and paddlefishes

adj.

1. Relating to or being a kind of fish scale that is hard and bony with a shiny surface composed of an enamel-like substance.

2. Having ganoid scales.

n.

A fish having ganoid scales, such as a gar or sturgeon.