Ganoid

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ganoid \Ga"noid\, a. [Gr. ? brightness + -oid.] (Zool.)
     Of or pertaining to Ganoidei. -- n. One of the Ganoidei.
     [1913 Webster]
  
     {Ganoid scale} (Zool.), 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.
        [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  ganoid
       n : primitive fishes having thick bony scales with a shiny
           covering [syn: {ganoid fish}]