ganoid

/ˈgænɔɪd/
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Other forms: ganoids

Definitions of ganoid
  1. noun
    primitive fishes having thick bony scales with a shiny covering
    synonyms: ganoid fish
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    Amia calva, bowfin, dogfish, grindle
    primitive long-bodied carnivorous freshwater fish with a very long dorsal fin; found in sluggish waters of North America
    Polyodon spathula, duckbill, paddlefish
    primitive fish of the Mississippi valley having a long paddle-shaped snout
    Chinese paddlefish, Psephurus gladis
    fish of larger rivers of China similar to the Mississippi paddlefish
    sturgeon
    large primitive fishes valued for their flesh and roe; widely distributed in the North Temperate Zone
    Lepisosteus osseus, billfish, gar, garfish, garpike
    primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth
    Acipenser transmontanus, Pacific sturgeon, Sacramento sturgeon, white sturgeon
    food and game fish of marine and fresh waters of northwestern coast of North America
    Acipenser huso, beluga, hausen, white sturgeon
    valuable source of caviar and isinglass; found in Black and Caspian seas
    type of:
    teleost, teleost fish, teleostan
    a bony fish of the subclass Teleostei
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