Defn: An order of ganoid fishes, including the modern gar pikes and many allied fossil forms. They have rhombic, ganoid scales, a heterocercal tail, paired fins without an axis, fulcra on the fins, and a bony skeleton, with the vertebræ convex in front and concave behind, forming a ball and socket joint. See Ganoidel.
GINGLYMOID; GINGLYMOIDAL Gin"gly*moid, Gin`gly*moid"al, a. Etym: [Gr. ginglymoide, ginglymoïdal.] (Anat.)
Defn: Pertaining to, or resembling, a ginglymus, or hinge joint; ginglyform.
GINGLYMUS
Gin"gly*mus, n.; pl. Ginglymi. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Anat.)
Defn: A hinge joint; an articulation, admitting of flexion and extension, or motion in two directions only, as the elbow and the ankle.
GINHOUSE
Gin"house`, n.
Defn: A building where cotton is ginned.
GINKGO
Gink"go, n.; pl. Ginkgoes. Etym: [Chin., silver fruit.] (Bot.)
Defn: A large ornamental tree (Ginkgo biloba) from China and Japan, belonging to the Yew suborder of Coniferæ. Its leaves are so like those of some maidenhair ferns, that it is also called the maidenhair tree.
GINNEE
Gin"nee, n.; pl. Ginn (.