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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.

n. One of the Ganoidei, a taxonomic group of fishes.

adj. Of or pertaining to Ganoidei. -- n. One of the Ganoidei.

Having a smooth, shining surface, as if polished or enameled: specifically applied to those scales or plates of fishes which are generally of an angular form and composed of a bony or hard horny tissue overlaid with enamel. See cut under scale.

Having ganoid scales or plates, as a fish; specifically, of or pertaining to the Ganoidei: as, a ganoid fauna.

n. One of the Ganoidei; a fish of the order Ganoidei.

n. primitive fishes having thick bony scales with a shiny covering

"To him, the ganoid was a huge perplexity, none the less because neither he nor the ganoid troubled Darwinians, but the more because it helped to reveal that Darwinism seemed to survive only in England."

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