Ginglymodi

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

  Ginglymodi \Gin`gly*mo"di\, n. [NL.; cf. Gr. ? ginglymoid. See
     {Ginglymoid}.] (Zool.)
     An order of ganoid fishes, including the modern gar pikes and
     many allied fossil forms. They have rhombic, ganoid scales, a
     heterocercal tail, paired fins without an axis, fulcra on the
     fins, and a bony skeleton, with the vertebr[ae] convex in


     front and concave behind, forming a ball and socket joint.
     See {Ganoidel}. Ginglymoid