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| teleostomi
teleost
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun teleost has 1 sense
- teleost(n = noun.animal) teleost fish, teleostan - a bony fish of the subclass Teleostei; Array has particulars: malacopterygian, soft-finned fish, cornetfish, needlefish, pipefish, bellows fish, snipefish, shrimp-fish, shrimpfish, aulostomus maculatus, trumpetfish, billfish, gar, needlefish, flying fish, halfbeak, billfish, saury, scomberesox saurus, acanthopterygian, spiny-finned fish, sweeper, ganoid, ganoid fish
is a kind of bony fish
is a member of subclass teleostei, teleostei
CIDE DICTIONARY
teleost, n. [Gr. complete + bone.].
One of the Teleosti. Also used adjectively. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
teleost, n. any fish of the subclass Teleostei of bony fish, including eels, plaice, salmon, etc.
Etymology
Gk teleo- complete + osteon bone
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