Word Meanings - GANOIDIAN - Book Publishers vocabulary database

Ganoid.

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• GANOIDAL
  Ganoid.
• GANOIDIAN
  Ganoid.
• GANOIDEI
  One of the subclasses of fishes. They have an arterial cone and bulb, spiral intestinal valve, and the optic nerves united by a chiasma. Many of the species are covered with bony plates, or with ganoid scales; others have cycloid scales. Note: They
• GANOID
  Of or pertaining to Ganoidei. -- n. One of the Ganoidei. Ganoid scale , 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.
• BRACHIOGANOID
  One of the Brachioganoidei.
• RHOMBOGANOIDEI
  See GINGLYMODI
• CHONDROGANOIDEA
  An order of ganoid fishes, including the sturgeons; -- so called on account of their cartilaginous skeleton.
• PLACOGANOIDEI
  A division of ganoid fishes including those that have large external bony plates and a cartilaginous skeleton.
• CYCLOGANOIDEI
  An order of ganoid fishes, having cycloid scales. The bowfin is a living example.
• PLACOGANOID
  Pertaining to the Placoganoidei.
• BRACHIOGANOIDEI
  An order of ganoid fishes of which the bichir of Africa is a living example. See Crossopterygii.
• CYCLOGANOID
  Of or pertaining to the Cycloganoidei.
• LEPIDOGANOID
  Any one of a division of ganoid fishes, including those that have scales forming a coat of mail. Also used adjectively.
• HYOGANOIDEI
  A division of ganoid fishes, including the gar pikes and bowfins. -- Hy`o*ga"noid, a.
• EUGANOIDEI
  A group which includes the bony ganoids, as the gar pikes.
• RHOMBOGANOID
  A ganoid fish having rhombic enameled scales; one of the Rhomboganoidei.