different between placoid vs ganoid

English

Etymology

Ancient Greek plac- +? -oid

Adjective

placoid (not comparable)

1. Platelike; having irregular, platelike, bony scales, often bearing spines; pertaining to the placoid fish
   • 1979, Cormac McCarthy, Suttree, Random House, p.68:

     What about the carp? He regarded the two placoid shapes with doubt.

Noun

placoid (plural placoids)

1. Such a scale
2. Any fish having placoid scales, such as the sharks

Related terms

• microplacoid

References

• placoid in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• podalic, podical

English

Etymology

Ancient Greek ????? (gános, “brightness, sheen”) +? -oid

Adjective

ganoid

1. Having a smooth, shining surface, as if polished or enameled: specifically applied to those scales or plates of fishes which are generally of an angular form and composed of a bony or hard horny tissue overlaid with enamel.
2. Having ganoid scales or plates, as a fish; specifically, of or pertaining to the Ganoidei.

Noun

ganoid (plural ganoids)

1. (zoology) One of the Ganoidei, a disused taxonomic grouping of fishes, including the bowfin, gars, and sturgeons.

Anagrams

• Godina, agonid

Romanian

Etymology

From French ganoïde.

Noun

ganoid m (plural ganoizi)

1. ganoid

Declension