Definition of Teleostean

1. a. Of or pertaining to the teleosts.

Definition of Teleostean

1. Noun. Any of very many ray-finned fish of the subclass ''Teleostei'' ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Teleostean

1. [adj]

Medical Definition of Teleostean

1. Of or pertaining to the teleosts. A teleostean fish. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Teleostean

teleophore
teleophthalmology
teleopsia
teleorganic
teleosaur
teleosaurid
teleosaurids
teleosaurs
teleosaurus
teleosemantic
teleosemantics
teleost
teleost fish
teleost melanophore
teleostan
teleostean (current term)
teleosteans
teleostei
teleostomi
teleosts
teleozoic
teleozoon
telepaper
telepapers
teleparallel
teleparallelism
telepath
telepathetic
telepathetically
telepathic

Literary usage of Teleostean

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Habit and Intelligence: A Series of Essays on the Laws of Life and Mind by Joseph John Murphy (1879)
"But besides these, some families of the teleostean sub-class have ganoid plates and scales; and yet they are shown by their anatomy to be true ..."

2. Proceedings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (1885)
"ON SOME POINTS IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF PELAGIC teleostean EGGS. ... GIC teleostean eggs differ in several important points of development from non-pelagic ..."

3. A BIBLIOGRAPHY OF FISHES by Bashford Dean, Charles Rochester Eastman, Eugene Willis Gudger, Arthur Wilbur Henn, American Museum of Natural History (1917)
"1909.3 - The classification of teleostean fishes. Ann. Mag. Nat. ... 1909.15 - The anatomy and classification of the teleostean fishes of the order ..."

4. A Manual of Palaeontology for the Use of Students with a General by Henry Alleyne Nicholson (1872)
"»cales in the teleostean fishes are generally thin, horny, plates, ... Some of the teleostean fishes, however, are pro- "ith ganoid scales. tiding the ..."

5. A Manual of Palaeontology for the Use of Students with a General by Henry Alleyne Nicholson (1872)
"The scales in the teleostean fishes are generally thin, horny, flexible plates, ... Some of the teleostean fishes, however, are provided with ganoid scales. ..."

6. Report of the Annual Meeting (1889)
"... at length in ' The Ibis' for the year 1889 in some such way as he had treated that of 1863. 7. Remarks on some teleostean Ova, (,nd their Development. ..."

7. A Course in Vertebrate Zoölogy: A Guide to the Dissection and Comparative by Henry Sherring Pratt (1905)
"... A teleostean FISH. THE PERCH The perch is one of the commonest fresh-water fishes. It is found almost everywhere in streams, ponds, and lakes, ..."

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