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Webster 1913 Edition


Ganocephala


Ganˊo-ceph′a-la

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[NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK] brightness + [GREEK] head.]
(Paleon.)
A group of fossil amphibians allied to the labyrinthodonts, having the head defended by bony, sculptured plates, as in some ganoid fishes.