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Ginglymodi logo #21002• (n.) An order of ganoid fishes, including the modern gar pikes and many allied fossil forms. They have rhombic, ganoid scales, a heterocercal tail, paired fins without an axis, fulcra on the fins, and a bony skeleton, with the vertebrae convex in front and concave behind, forming a ball and socket joint. See Ganoidel.Ginglymodi: words in the...
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ginglymodi

ginglymodi logo #20973<zoology> An order of ganoid fishes, including the modern gar pikes and many allied fossil forms. They have rhombic, ganoid scales, a heterocercal tail, paired fins without an axis, fulcra on the fins, and a bony skeleton, with the vertebrae convex in front and concave behind, forming a ball and socket joint. See Ganoidel. ... Origin: NL.; cf...
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Ginglymodi

Ginglymodi logo #20972Gin`gly·mo'di noun [ New Latin ; confer Greek ... ginglymoid. See Ginglymoid .] (Zoology) An order of ganoid fishes, including the modern gar pikes and many allied fossil forms. They have rhombic, ganoid scales, a heterocercal tail, paired fins without an axis, fulcra on the fins, an...
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