||Cte*noid"e*i (-?-?), n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. &?;&?;&?;, &?;&?;&?;&?;, comb + -oid.] (Zoöl.) A group of fishes, established by Agassiz, characterized by having scales with a pectinated margin, as in the perch. The group is now generally regarded as artificial.