ganoid

English

Etymology

Ancient Greek γάνος (gános, “brightness, sheen”) +‎ -oid

Adjective

ganoid

1. Having a smooth, shining surface, as if polished or enameled: specifically applied to those scales or plates of fishes which are generally of an angular form and composed of a bony or hard horny tissue overlaid with enamel.
2. Having ganoid scales or plates, as a fish; specifically, of or pertaining to the Ganoidei.
   • 1912, Arthur Conan Doyle, The Lost World […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:

     In a few minutes the huge beast had been cut up and slabs of him were hanging over a dozen camp fires, together with great scaly ganoid fish which had been speared in the lake.

Noun

ganoid (plural ganoids)

1. (zoology) One of the Ganoidei, a disused taxonomic grouping of fishes, including the bowfin, gars, and sturgeons.

Derived terms

• ganoidal

References

• “ganoid”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Godina, agonid

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French ganoïde.

Noun

ganoid m (plural ganoizi)

1. ganoid

Declension

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	ganoid	ganoidul		ganoizi	ganoizii
genitive-dative	ganoid	ganoidului		ganoizi	ganoizilor
vocative	ganoidule			ganoizilor