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noun
A glassy, often multi-layered mineralized tissue that covers the scales, cranial bones and fin rays in some fish.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: uncountable
Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
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
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: ganoin
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: secretion
History
From ganoid + -ine.
