Home › Words › C › ctenoideanctenoideanctenoidean means relating to the former group of fish Ctenoidei; ray-finned.EtymologyFrom Ctenoidei + -an.adjRelating to the former group of fish Ctenoidei; ray-finned.nounAny member of the former group Ctenoidei; a ray-finned fish.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.ctenoid 79% match — Having a toothed margin, usually fish scales vs ctenoidean →ctenacanthid 68% match — Any extinct fish of the genus Ctenacanthus vs ctenoidean →ctenacanthiform 68% match — Any extinct fish of the order †Ctenacanthiformes vs ctenoidean →ctenacanthoid 67% match — Relating to the ctenacanthids vs ctenoidean →ctenodactyloid 67% match — Any member of the Ctenodactyloidea superfamily of rodents. vs ctenoidean →ctenophorous 67% match — Of or relating to the ctenophores. vs ctenoidean →ctenocheyid 67% match — Any fish of the genus Ctenochaetus vs ctenoidean →ctenocystoid 66% match — Any fossil ctenoid echinoderm of the class Ctenocystoidea vs ctenoidean →