ganoid

A noun referring to a group of primitive fishes characterized by thick, bony scales that have a shiny, enamel-like covering.

• 🇩🇪Substantiv, das eine Gruppe ursprünglicher Fische mit dicken Knochenschuppen und glänzender, schmelzartiger Oberfläche bezeichnet.

1. Primitive fish C1 formal scientific

   Any of various primitive fishes, typically with thick, bony, enamel-covered scales, such as gars and sturgeons.

   • The museum displayed the skeleton of a ganoid from the Cretaceous period.
   • Ganoids are often studied for their evolutionary significance.
   • Unlike modern fish, a ganoid's scales are interlocking and armor-like.
   • The alligator gar is a well-known ganoid species.

   🇩🇪Primitiver Fisch

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