||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.