ganoidfish

noun
UK /ˈɡænɔɪdfɪʃ/
US /ˈɡænɔɪdfɪʃ/

A ganoidfish is a fish with hard, shiny scales that look like armor.

The museum displayed a fossil of an ancient ganoidfish.

SYNONYMS

garsturgeonbichirarmored fish

RELATED WORDS

scalesfishfossilarmorpaleontology

OTHER MEANINGS

2. Any fish of the order Ginglymodi, such as gars, having diamond-shaped enameled scales.

Biologists studied the ganoidfish for clues about early vertebrate evolution.

3. A fish whose scales are covered with ganoine, a hard shiny substance.

The ganoidfish's scales glistened under the water.

4. An archaic term for fishes with bony, plate-like scales, including sturgeons and gars.

Old textbooks grouped sturgeons and gars together as ganoidfish.