adjective
- having hard, shiny, diamond-shaped scales
Usage: zoology
noun
- a fish having ganoid scales, such as a gar or sturgeon
Usage: zoology
Examples
- The gar is a ganoid fish with distinctive armor-like scales.
- Sturgeon have ganoid scales that provide excellent protection.
- The fossil showed the characteristic ganoid scale pattern.
- Ancient ganoid fishes dominated prehistoric waters.
- The ganoid’s scales gleamed in the aquarium light.
- Researchers studied the ganoid structure under a microscope.