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cte⋅noid

  [tee-noid, ten-oid]
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–adjective Zoology.
1. comblike or pectinate; rough-edged.
2. having rough-edged scales.
Origin:
1830–40; < Gk ktenoeids like a comb. See cteno-, -oid
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cten·oid   (těn'oid', tē'noid')   
adj.   Biology
  1. Comblike.
  2. Having marginal projections that resemble the teeth of a comb: a ctenoid fish.

[Greek ktenoeidēs, comblike : kteis, kten-, comb + -oeidēs, -oid.]
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Ctenoid

Cte"noid\ (t[=e]"noid or t[e^]n"oid), a. (Zo["o]l.) (a) Having a comblike margin, as a ctenoid scale. (b) Pertaining to the Ctenoidei. -- n. A ctenoidean.
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