lepidoidadj.n.
/ˈlɛpɪdɔɪd/ Ichthyology.
A. adj.
Scaly; pertaining to the Lepidoidei, a family of fossil fishes having large rhomboidal scales.
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1836 W. Buckland Geol. & Mineral. I. xiv. 282 (heading) Lepidoid Fishes.
1854 A. Adams et al. Man. Nat. Hist. 562 All the lepidoid and sauroid fishes which [etc.].
B. n.
A fish belonging to this family.
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1836 W. Buckland Geol. & Mineral. I. xiv. 282 (note) The Pycnodonts, as well as the fossil Sauroids, have enamelled scales, but it is in the Lepidoids that scales of this kind are most highly developed.
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