ganoid

gan·oid  (gnoid)

adj.

Of, relating to, or characteristic of certain bony fishes, such as the sturgeon and the gar, that have armorlike scales consisting of bony plates covered with layers of dentine and enamel.

n.

A ganoid fish.

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[From New Latin Ganoide, subclass name, from Greek ganos, brightness, gladness, from ganusthai, to rejoice; see gu- in Indo-European roots.]

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ganoid [ˈgænɔɪd]

adj

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) (of the scales of certain fishes) consisting of an inner bony layer and an outer layer of an enamel-like substance (ganoin)

2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) denoting fishes, including the sturgeon and bowfin, having such scales

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) a ganoid fish

[from French ganoïde, from Greek ganos brightness + -oid]

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

ganoid - primitive fishes having thick bony scales with a shiny covering ganoid fish teleost, teleost fish, teleostan - a bony fish of the subclass Teleostei Ganoidei, order Ganoidei - a group of mostly extinct primitive bony fishes characterized by armor-like bony scales Amia calva, bowfin, dogfish, grindle - primitive long-bodied carnivorous freshwater fish with a very long dorsal fin; found in sluggish waters of North America duckbill, paddlefish, Polyodon spathula - primitive fish of the Mississippi valley having a long paddle-shaped snout Chinese paddlefish, Psephurus gladis - fish of larger rivers of China similar to the Mississippi paddlefish sturgeon - large primitive fishes valued for their flesh and roe; widely distributed in the North Temperate Zone billfish, gar, garfish, garpike, Lepisosteus osseus - primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth