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Ganoid vs Nanoid - What's the difference?

ganoid | nanoid |

As adjectives the difference between ganoid and nanoid

is that ganoid is 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 while nanoid is (medicine) dwarf-like; dwarfish; a pygmy.

As a noun ganoid

is (zoology) one of the , a disused taxonomic grouping of fishes, including the bowfin, gars, and sturgeons.

ganoid

English

Adjective

  • 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.
  • Having ganoid scales or plates, as a fish; specifically, of or pertaining to the Ganoidei.

    • Noun

    (en noun)
  • (zoology) One of the , a disused taxonomic grouping of fishes, including the bowfin, gars, and sturgeons.
    • (Webster 1913)

    nanoid

    English

    Adjective

    (en adjective)
  • (medicine) Dwarf-like; dwarfish; a pygmy.

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