Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Ganoid

Ganoid , adjective

[Greek {not transcribed} brightness + -oid.]

(Zoology) Of or pertaining to Ganoidei. -- n. One of the Ganoidei.
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Ganoid scale (Zoology) , 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.