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GANOCEPHALA

\ɡˌanə͡ʊsfˈɑːlə], \ɡˌanə‍ʊsfˈɑːlə], \ɡ_ˌa_n_əʊ_s_f_ˈɑː_l_ə]\

Definitions of GANOCEPHALA

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1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language

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A group of fossil amphibians allied to the labyrinthodonts, having the head defended by bony, sculptured plates, as in some ganoid fishes.

2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
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A group of fossil amphibians allied to the labyrinthodonts, having the head defended by bony, sculptured plates, as in some ganoid fishes.

1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
By Noah Webster.

A name applied to one of the orders of reptilia, living and extinct, having reference to the sculptured and externally polished or ganoid bony plates with which the head is defended.

1874 - Etymological and pronouncing dictionary of the English language
By Stormonth, James, Phelp, P. H.

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