Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The peculiar bony tissue which gives the enamel-like luster and transparency to the plates of ganoid fishes and of some labyrinthodonts. It is simply dense homogeneous bone.

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  • noun shiny substance that resemble enamel and is secreted by the corium of certain fishes (especially ganoid fishes) and composes the outer layer of their scales

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  • This then moves to the large intestine with many folds that leads to the anus in the anterior end of the fish where wastes are excreted. gars), have Ganoid scales which are thick diamond-shaped scales covered in a substance called ganoin.

    CreationWiki - Recent changes [en] 2010

  • This then moves to the large intestine with many folds that leads to the anus in the anterior end of the fish where wastes are excreted. gars), have Ganoid scales which are thick diamond-shaped scales covered in a substance called ganoin.

    CreationWiki - Recent changes [en] 2009

  • This then moves to the large intestine with many folds that leads to the anus in the anterior end of the fish where wastes are excreted. gars), have Ganoid scales which are thick diamond-shaped scales covered in a substance called ganoin.

    CreationWiki - Recent changes [en] 2009

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