paddlefish vs ganoid

paddlefish and ganoid both are nouns.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
paddlefish	Yes	No	No	No
ganoid	Yes	No	No	No

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

paddlefish: primitive fish of the Mississippi valley having a long paddle-shaped snout
ganoid: primitive fishes having thick bony scales with a shiny covering

Other hypernyms of paddlefish include ganoid fish.

paddlefish (noun)	ganoid (noun)
primitive fish of the Mississippi valley having a long paddle-shaped snout	primitive fishes having thick bony scales with a shiny covering