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ganoidei
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun ganoidei has 1 sense
- ganoidei(n = noun.animal) order ganoidei - a group of mostly extinct primitive bony fishes characterized by armor-like bony scales; Array is a kind of animal order
is a member of subclass teleostei, teleostei
CIDE DICTIONARY
ganoidei, n. pl. [NL. See Ganoid.].
One of the subclasses of fishes. They have an arterial cone and bulb, spiral intestinal valve, and the optic nerves united by a chiasma. Many of the species are covered with bony plates, or with ganoid scales; others have cycloid scales. [1913 Webster]
" They were numerous, and some of them of large size, in early geological periods; but they are represented by comparatively few living species, most of which inhabit fresh waters, as the bowfin, gar pike, bichir, Ceratodus, paddle fish, and sturgeon."
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