ctenoid noun & adjective. ['ti:nɔɪd] M19.
[from Greek kteis, kten- comb + -OID.]
A. noun. A member of a former order of fishes comprising those with ctenoid scales. Now rare or obsolete. M19.
b. adjective. Of the scales of certain fishes: having marginal projections like the teeth of a comb. Of a fish: having such scales. L19.

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