cyclode (siklod)

[ IMG:content-1910.png:[merged small][merged small][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][merged small][merged small][graphic][merged small][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][merged small][subsumed][subsumed][merged small][subsumed][merged small][subsumed] Skull of a Member of Cyclodus, entire and he in i sec ted. Ar, articular bone; BO, bas i occipital; RS, bas i sphenoid; Co, columella: D, den tary: EO, exoccipital: Epo, epiotic; Fr. round tail, and scaly eyelids. It is named from the broad spheroidal crowns of the teeth, well adapted for crushing, as shown in the side view of the skull herewith presented. The genus belongs, like most existing lacertilians, to the division Cio no crania or column-skulls, hav ing a well-develop Cyclodus ed columella cranii, as shown in the figure. C. gigas is a large Australian species. See skink. cyclo ganoid (si-klō-gan'oid), a. and n. I. a. Of or relating to the Cycloganoidei. II. n. A fish of the order Cycloganoidei . Cycloganoidei (sīklō-ga-noi'de-i), n . pl . [NL., κύκλος , & circle, + NL. Ganoidei , q.v.] An order of o eous ganoid fishes, with well-developed branchiostegal rays, the bones of the head nearly as in the teleosts, and the scales thin and generally rounded or cycloid. The species are mostly extinct, but one family, Amiida , still survives in the fresh waters of North America. See cut under Amiida .