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ganoid
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Ganoid
(gcide) | Ganoid \Ga"noid\, a. [Gr. ? brightness + -oid.] (Zool.)
Of or pertaining to Ganoidei. -- n. One of the Ganoidei.
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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.
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ganoid
(wn) | ganoid
n 1: primitive fishes having thick bony scales with a shiny
covering [syn: ganoid, ganoid fish] |
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ganoid
(encz) | ganoid, n: |
ganoid fish
(encz) | ganoid fish, n: |
order ganoidei
(encz) | order Ganoidei, n: |
Brachioganoid
(gcide) | Brachioganoid \Brach`i*og"a*noid\, n.
One of the Brachioganoidei.
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Brachioganoidei
(gcide) | Brachioganoidei \Brach`i*o*ga*noid"e*i\, n. pl.[NL., from L.
brachium (bracch-) arm + NL. ganoidei.] (Zool.)
An order of ganoid fishes of which the bichir of Africa is a
living example. See Crossopterygii.
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Chondroganoidea
(gcide) | Chondroganoidea \Chon`dro*ga*noi"de*a\, n. [NL., fr. Gr.
cho`ndros cartilage + NL. ganoidei. See Ganoid.] (Zool.)
An order of ganoid fishes, including the sturgeons; -- so
called on account of their cartilaginous skeleton.
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Cycloganoid
(gcide) | Cycloganoid \Cy`clo*ga"noid\ (s?`kl?-g?"noid or -g?n"oid), a.
(Zool.)
Of or pertaining to the Cycloganoidei.
[1913 Webster]Cycloganoid \Cy`clo*ga"noid\, n. (Zool.)
One of the Cycloganoidei.
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Cycloganoidei
(gcide) | Cycloganoidei \Cy`clo*ga*noi"de*i\ (s?"kl?-g?-noi"d?-?), n. pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. ky`klos circle + NL. ganoidei. See Ganoid.]
(Zool.)
An order of ganoid fishes, having cycloid scales. The bowfin
(Amia calva) is a living example.
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Euganoidei
(gcide) | Euganoidei \Eu`ga*noi"de*i\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. e'y^ well +
NL. ganoidei. See Ganoid.] (Zo["o]l.)
A group which includes the bony ganoids, as the gar pikes.
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Ganoid scale
(gcide) | Ganoid \Ga"noid\, a. [Gr. ? brightness + -oid.] (Zool.)
Of or pertaining to Ganoidei. -- n. One of the Ganoidei.
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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]Scale \Scale\, n. [Cf. AS. scealu, scalu, a shell, parings; akin
to D. schaal, G. schale, OHG. scala, Dan. & Sw. skal a shell,
Dan. skiael a fish scale, Goth. skalja tile, and E. shale,
shell, and perhaps also to scale of a balance; but perhaps
rather fr. OF. escale, escaile, F. ['e]caille scale of a
fish, and ['e]cale shell of beans, pease, eggs, nuts, of
German origin, and akin to Goth. skalja, G. schale. See
Shale.]
1. (Anat.) One of the small, thin, membranous, bony or horny
pieces which form the covering of many fishes and
reptiles, and some mammals, belonging to the dermal part
of the skeleton, or dermoskeleton. See Cycloid,
Ctenoid, and Ganoid.
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Fish that, with their fins and shining scales,
Glide under the green wave. --Milton.
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2. Hence, any layer or leaf of metal or other material,
resembling in size and thinness the scale of a fish; as, a
scale of iron, of bone, etc.
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3. (Zool.) One of the small scalelike structures covering
parts of some invertebrates, as those on the wings of
Lepidoptera and on the body of Thysanura; the elytra of
certain annelids. See Lepidoptera.
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4. (Zool.) A scale insect. (See below.)
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5. (Bot.) A small appendage like a rudimentary leaf,
resembling the scales of a fish in form, and often in
arrangement; as, the scale of a bud, of a pine cone, and
the like. The name is also given to the chaff on the stems
of ferns.
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6. The thin metallic side plate of the handle of a
pocketknife. See Illust. of Pocketknife.
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7. An incrustation deposit on the inside of a vessel in which
water is heated, as a steam boiler.
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8. (Metal.) The thin oxide which forms on the surface of iron
forgings. It consists essentially of the magnetic oxide,
Fe3O4. Also, a similar coating upon other metals.
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Covering scale (Zool.), a hydrophyllium.
Ganoid scale. (Zool.) See under Ganoid.
Scale armor (Mil.), armor made of small metallic scales
overlapping, and fastened upon leather or cloth.
Scale beetle (Zool.), the tiger beetle.
Scale carp (Zool.), a carp having normal scales.
Scale insect (Zool.), any one of numerous species of small
hemipterous insects belonging to the family Coccidae, in
which the females, when adult, become more or less
scalelike in form. They are found upon the leaves and
twigs of various trees and shrubs, and often do great
damage to fruit trees. See Orange scale,under Orange.
Scale moss (Bot.), any leafy-stemmed moss of the order
Hepaticae; -- so called from the small imbricated
scalelike leaves of most of the species. See Hepatica,
2, and Jungermannia.
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Ganoidal
(gcide) | Ganoidal \Ga*noid"al\, a. (Zool.)
Ganoid.
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Ganoidei
(gcide) | Ganoidei \Ga*noi"de*i\, n. pl. [NL. See Ganoid.] (Zool.)
One of the subclasses of fishes. They have an arterial cone
and bulb, spiral intestinal valve, and the optic nerves
united by a chiasma. Many of the species are covered with
bony plates, or with ganoid scales; others have cycloid
scales.
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Note: They were numerous, and some of them of large size, in
early geological periods; but they are represented by
comparatively few living species, most of which inhabit
fresh waters, as the bowfin, gar pike, bichir,
Ceratodus, paddle fish, and sturgeon.
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Ganoidian
(gcide) | Ganoidian \Ga*noid"i*an\, a. & n. (Zool.)
Ganoid.
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Hyoganoid
(gcide) | Hyoganoidei \Hy`o*ga*noi"de*i\, n. pl. [NL. See Hyo-, and
Canoidei.] (Zool.)
A division of ganoid fishes, including the gar pikes and
bowfins. -- Hy`o*ga"noid, a.
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Hyoganoidei
(gcide) | Hyoganoidei \Hy`o*ga*noi"de*i\, n. pl. [NL. See Hyo-, and
Canoidei.] (Zool.)
A division of ganoid fishes, including the gar pikes and
bowfins. -- Hy`o*ga"noid, a.
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Lepidoganoid
(gcide) | Lepidoganoid \Lep`i*do*ga"noid\ (l[e^]p`[i^]*d[-o]*g[=a]"noid or
-g[a^]n"oid), n. [Gr. lepi`s -i`dos, a scale + E. ganoid.]
(Zool.)
Any one of a division (Lepidoganoidei) of ganoid fishes,
including those that have scales forming a coat of mail. Also
used adjectively.
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Placoganoid
(gcide) | Placoganoid \Plac`o*ga"noid\, a. (Zool.)
Pertaining to the Placoganoidei.
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Placoganoidei
(gcide) | Placoganoidei \Plac`o*ga*noi"de*i\, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. pla`x,
plako`s, a tablet + NL. ganoidei. See Ganoidei.] (Zool.)
A division of ganoid fishes including those that have large
external bony plates and a cartilaginous skeleton.
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Rhomboganoid
(gcide) | Rhomboganoid \Rhom`bo*ga"noid\, n. [Rhomb + ganoid.] (Zool.)
A ganoid fish having rhombic enameled scales; one of the
Rhomboganoidei.
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Rhomboganoidei
(gcide) | Rhomboganoidei \Rhom`bo*ga*noi"de*i\, n. pl. [NL.] (Zool.)
Same as Ginglymodi.
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ganoid
(wn) | ganoid
n 1: primitive fishes having thick bony scales with a shiny
covering [syn: ganoid, ganoid fish] |
ganoid fish
(wn) | ganoid fish
n 1: primitive fishes having thick bony scales with a shiny
covering [syn: ganoid, ganoid fish] |
ganoidei
(wn) | Ganoidei
n 1: a group of mostly extinct primitive bony fishes
characterized by armor-like bony scales [syn: Ganoidei,
order Ganoidei] |
order ganoidei
(wn) | order Ganoidei
n 1: a group of mostly extinct primitive bony fishes
characterized by armor-like bony scales [syn: Ganoidei,
order Ganoidei] |
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