Definition of Cycloid scale. Meaning of Cycloid scale. Synonyms of Cycloid scale

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Definition of Cycloid scale

Cycloid scale
Cycloid Cy"cloid, a. (Zo["o]l.) Of or pertaining to the Cycloidei. Cycloid scale (Zo["o]l.), a fish scale which is thin and shows concentric lines of growth, without serrations on the margin.

Meaning of Cycloid scale from wikipedia

- bony fishes are covered with the cycloid scales of salmon and carp, or the ctenoid scales of perch, or the ganoid scales of sturgeons and gars. Cartilaginous...
- scale development. Ganoid scales on a carboniferous fish Amblypterus striatus Placoid scales on a lemon shark (Negaprion brevirostris) Cycloid scales...
- type of scale. Fish scales: 1. cycloid scale; 2. ctenoid scale; 3. placcoid scale; 4. ganoid scale Cycloid scale Fish scales: A. ganoid; B. cycloid; C. ctenoid...
- crustaceans Cycloid scale, a type of scale seen on some fishes Cycloid-β and Cycloid-γ, characters in the Street Fighter games Cycloids, a fictional, hostile...
- scales on the head called shields or plates. Snake scales occur in variety of shapes. They may be cycloid as in family Typhlopidae, long and pointed with...
- have a slender, compressed body covered in small, silvery deciduous cycloid scales (ctenoid in four species), a large bluntly rounded head, large elliptical...
- genus of flying fishes. It is a bony fish. The body is covered with cycloid scales. The mouth is wide, and the jaws bear teeth. It is a marine fish. The...
- as well, ringed with golden yellow. The body is covered in minute cycloid scales and its silvery, iridescent guanine coating is easily abraded. Opahs...
- (Heterostichus rostratus) being the largest; most are far smaller. With small cycloid scales, clinoid blennies may have a deep or slender build; some members of...
- 15 gill rakers and in being the only species in its family that has cycloid scales. Its body is oblong and compressed with a large mouth and eyes. This...