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Ctenoid [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

1. Having a comblike margin, as a ctenoid scale

2. Pertaining to the Ctenoidei.

Ctenoid [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A ctenoidean.

Ctenoidean [Adjective] Webster's Dictionary 1913

Relating to the Ctenoidei.

Ctenoidean [Noun] Webster's Dictionary 1913

One of the Ctenoidei.

Ctenoidei [Noun plural] Webster's Dictionary 1913

A group of fishes, established by Agassiz, characterized by having scales with a pectinated margin, as in the perch. The group is now generally regarded as artificial.