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ganocephalan|ˌgænəʊˈsɛfələn|
[f. mod.L. ganocephal-us (f. Gr. γάνος brightness + κεϕαλή head) + -an.]
A fish of the extinct order Ganocephala (so called because their heads were covered with shining bony plates). So ganoˈcephalous a., belonging to this order.
1865Owen in Geolog. Mag. II. 6 Ganocephalous and Labyrinthodont cranial bones. Ibid, The ribs..were better developed than they are in Ganocephalans or in modern Batrachians. |