ganoid

Other forms of ganoid

plural

ganoids·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about ganoid

What does ganoid mean?

ganoid means "primitive fishes having thick bony scales with a shiny covering".

How many syllables are in ganoid?

ganoid has 2 syllables: ga-noid. The stress falls on "ga".

What is another word for ganoid?

Close synonyms include ganoid fish. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is ganoid a common word?

ganoid is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.