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ctenoid

/ˈtiː.nɔɪd/

ctenoid adjective: having a toothed margin, usually fish scales.

Adjective

ctenoid (comparative more ctenoid, superlative most ctenoid)

  1. Having a toothed margin, usually fish scales
  2. Comb-like in shape.

Noun

ctenoid (plural ctenoids)

  1. A ctenoidean.

ctenoid meaning in Bengali

ctenoid in Bengali

দাঁতাল প্রান্ত বিশিষ্ট, সাধারণত মাছের আঁশ, আকৃতিতে চিরুনির মতো

Forms of ctenoid

Adjective
comparativemore ctenoid
superlativemost ctenoid
Noun
pluralctenoids

Origin of ctenoid

From cteno- + -oid.

Questions about ctenoid

What does ctenoid mean?
Ctenoid means having a toothed margin, usually fish scales.
What is ctenoid in Bengali?
Ctenoid in Bengali is দাঁতাল প্রান্ত বিশিষ্ট, সাধারণত মাছের আঁশ, আকৃতিতে চিরুনির মতো. See Ctenoid meaning in Bengali.
What part of speech is ctenoid?
Ctenoid can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce ctenoid?
Ctenoid is pronounced /ˈtiː.nɔɪd/.

Words near ctenoid in the dictionary

  1. ctenodactyline
  2. ctenodactylines
  3. ctenodactyloid
  4. ctenodactyloids
  5. ctenodont
  6. ctenoid
  7. ctenoidean
  8. ctenoideans
  9. ctenoids
  10. ctenomyid
  11. ctenomyids

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ctenoid (page history and authors); ctenoid (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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