Lepisosteus osseus vs ganoid

Lepisosteus osseus and ganoid both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
Lepisosteus osseus	Yes	No	No	No
ganoid	Yes	No	No	No

As nouns, ganoid is a hypernym of Lepisosteus osseus; that is, ganoid is a word with a broader meaning than Lepisosteus osseus:

Lepisosteus osseus: primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth
ganoid: primitive fishes having thick bony scales with a shiny covering

Other hypernyms of Lepisosteus osseus include ganoid fish.

Lepisosteus osseus (noun)	ganoid (noun)
primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth	primitive fishes having thick bony scales with a shiny covering