ganoid : Idioms & Phrases

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ganoid fish

  • noun primitive fishes having thick bony scales with a shiny covering
    ganoid.
WordNet

Ganoid scale

  • (Zoöl.), 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.
Webster 1913