ganoidadj.n.
/ˈɡanɔɪd/, U.S. /ˈɡæˌnɔɪd/ A. adj.
1. Of a fish-scale: Having a smooth shining surface, from being covered with a layer of enamel.
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1854 Owen in Circ. Sc., Organ. Nat. I. 46/2 The ganoid plates..are..more close set.
1872 H. A. Nicholson Man. Palæontol. 307 Ganoid scales..occur also in some of the Bony Fishes.
2. Of a fish: Covered with polished bony plates or scales; distinctive epithet of an order of fishes (modern Latin Ganoidei).
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the world > animals > fish > parts of fish > [adjective] > having scales > of specific type
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the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > subclass Actinopterygii > [adjective] > ganoid
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1847 D. T. Ansted Anc. World iv. 62 The first of the two groups, that of which the sturgeon and the bony pike are characteristic, is called Ganoid.
1859 C. Darwin Origin of Species iv. 107 It is in fresh water that we find seven genera of Ganoid fishes.
1876 D. Page Adv. Text-bk. Geol. (ed. 6) xviii. 343 Of the fishes the majority are still placoid and ganoid.
B. n.
A ganoid fish.
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the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > subclass Actinopterygii > [noun] > superorder Ganoidei > member of
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1839 G. Roberts Dict. Geol. Ganoïds or Ganoïdians, Dr. Agassiz's second order of fishes.
1866 C. Darwin Origin of Species (ed. 4) x. 403 The ganoids stand intermediate between the selaceans and teleosteans.
1878 A. H. Green et al. Coal: Hist. & Uses ii. 52 All the modern Ganoids, with the exception of the sturgeon, are fresh-water fish.
Derivatives
gaˈnoidal adj. = A. 2.
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the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > subclass Actinopterygii > [adjective] > ganoid
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1854 H. Miller Schools & Schoolmasters (1857) xxiv. 527 I formed my first imperfect acquaintance with the recent ganoidal fishes in 1836.
1861 Good Words Feb. 75 There are still some representatives of the ganoidal type of fish.
gaˈnoidean adj. and n. (also gaˈnoidian) = A. 2, B.
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the world > animals > fish > class Osteichthyes or Teleostomi > subclass Actinopterygii > [adjective] > ganoid
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rhombiferous1855
1839Ganoïdians [see sense B.].
1841 H. Miller Old Red Sandstone iv. 73 A fourth order, the Ganoidean or shining-scaled order.
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