ctenoid

[tee-noid, ten-oid]

cte·noid

[tee-noid, ten-oid]
adjective Zoology.
1.
comblike or pectinate; rough-edged.
2.
having rough-edged scales.

Origin:
1830–40; < Greek ktenoeidḗs like a comb. See cteno-, -oid
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Ctenoid is always a great word to know.
So is platyhelminthes. Does it mean:
cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates with gills, often have fins and elongated body covered with scales
phylum of worms with bilateral symmetry and soft, usually flattened bodies
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ctenoid (ˈtiːnɔɪd, ˈtɛn-)
 
adj
biology toothed like a comb, as the scales of perches
 
[C19: from Greek ktenoeidēs, from kteis comb + -oeidēs-oid]

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