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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (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;
[syn: ganoin, ganoine]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Ganoine \Ga"no*ine\, n. (Zool.) A peculiar bony tissue beneath the enamel of a ganoid scale. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

ganoine n 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 [syn: ganoin, ganoine]