ganoine

1. 1.

   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

   Synonymsganoin

   Broadersecretion

Other forms of ganoine

plural

ganoines·

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 ganoine

What does ganoine mean?

ganoine means "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".

How many syllables are in ganoine?

ganoine has 2 syllables: ga-noine. The stress falls on "ga".

What is another word for ganoine?

Close synonyms include ganoin. 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 ganoine a common word?

ganoine 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.