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Ganoidei

noun

a group of mostly extinct primitive bony fishes characterized by armor-like bony scales

• Syn: ↑order Ganoidei

• Hypernyms: ↑animal order

• Member Holonyms: ↑Teleostei, ↑subclass Teleostei

• Member Meronyms:

↑ganoid, ↑ganoid fish, ↑Amiidae, ↑family Amiidae, ↑Polyodontidae, ↑family Polyodontidae, ↑Acipenseridae, ↑family Acipenseridae, ↑Lepisosteidae, ↑family Lepisosteidae

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\\gaˈnȯidēˌī, gəˈ-\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from gan- + -oidei

in some classifications : a subclass or other division of Teleostomi containing numerous extinct fishes and the living sturgeons, paddlefishes, gars (order Ginglymodi), and bowfin and having at least in the living forms a conus arteriosus, a spiral valve in the intestine, and an optic chiasma

Useful english dictionary. 2012.