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Definition of Ctenoid
1. Adjective. Resembling a comb; having projections like the teeth of a comb.
Definition of Ctenoid
1. a. Having a comblike margin, as a ctenoid scale
Definition of Ctenoid
1. Adjective. Having a toothed margin, usually fish scales ¹
2. Adjective. Comb-like in shape. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Ctenoid
1. comblike [adj] - See also: comblike
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ctenoid
Literary usage of Ctenoid
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington by Biological Society of Washington (1915)
"Apical margin with a single row of sharp teeth, and no ctenoid elements below
... Basal radii few (4 to 6), and widely spaced; subapical ctenoid elements ..."
2. A Text-book of Zoology by Thomas Jeffery Parker, William Aitcheson Haswell (1921)
"895, A), they are distinguished as ctenoid scales. Usually the integument is
continued as a thin ... A, ctenoid scale ; B, ganoid scales. (After Gunther. ..."
3. Habit and Intelligence: A Series of Essays on the Laws of Life and Mind by Joseph John Murphy, ( (1879)
"... and ctenoid Scales. — The Teleostean order is by far the most numerous, and
includes all the common or so-called bony ..."
4. First- Second Annual Report Upon the Natural History and Geology of the by Ezekiel Holmes, Charles Henry Hitchcock (1862)
"The side on which the eyes are situated is dark, or variously colored, while the
eyeless side is almost always white ; the scales are either ctenoid or ..."
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