ganoid

n. fish with thick bony scales and a shiny covering

adj. of or pertaining to fishes with thick bony scales and a shiny covering; of hard smooth and bright fish-scales; having hard smooth and shiny scales (of scale of fish)

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Noun
1. primitive fishes having thick bony scales with a shiny covering
(synonym) ganoid fish
(hypernym) teleost fish, teleost, teleostan
(hyponym) bowfin, grindle, dogfish, Amia calva
(member-holonym) Ganoidei, order Ganoidei

n. ganoid

(a.)
Of or pertaining to Ganoidei. -- n. One of the Ganoidei.
  

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