Definitions for "Ctenoid"
Keywords:  comblike, margin, rough, spiny, scale
Having a comblike margin, as a ctenoid scale
said of scales of most spiny-rayed fishes having posterior margins with needle-like projections (rough to the touch)
Having a toothed (rough) margin (refers to fish scales).
Keywords:  pertaining
Pertaining to the Ctenoidei.
A ctenoidean.