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ganoidei

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

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Ganoidei

Ga*noi"de*i\, n. pl. [NL. See Ganoid.] (Zo["o]l.) 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.

Note: 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.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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