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GANOID
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Primitive fishes having thick bony scales with a shiny covering
Synonyms:
ganoid; ganoid fish
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("ganoid" is a kind of...):
teleost; teleost fish; teleostan (a bony fish of the subclass Teleostei)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ganoid"):
Amia calva; bowfin; dogfish; grindle (primitive long-bodied carnivorous freshwater fish with a very long dorsal fin; found in sluggish waters of North America)
duckbill; paddlefish; Polyodon spathula (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)
billfish; gar; garfish; garpike; Lepisosteus osseus (primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth)
Holonyms ("ganoid" is a member of...):
Ganoidei; order Ganoidei (a group of mostly extinct primitive bony fishes characterized by armor-like bony scales)
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