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Ganoine

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Ga´no`ine
n.1.(Zool.) A peculiar bony tissue beneath the enamel of a ganoid scale.
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Noun1.ganoine - shiny substance that resemble enamel and is secreted by the corium of certain fishes (especially ganoid fishes) and composes the outer layer of their scales
ganoin
secretion - a functionally specialized substance (especially one that is not a waste) released from a gland or cell
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That scale-like protection was not metal, but strong layers of bone covered with enamel-like dentine, compounds called vitrodentine, cosmine or ganoine.
In the scales by Gilmore, R. Grant / Florida Sportsman
Numerous vascular canals open on the surface around the ganoine covered surface.
Andreolepis (Actinopterygii) in the upper Silurian of Northern ... by Marss, Tiiu / Proceedings of the Estonian Academy of Sciences: Geology
 
 
 
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