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Definition of Teleost
1. Noun. A bony fish of the subclass Teleostei.
Specialized synonyms: 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
Generic synonyms: Bony Fish
Group relationships: Subclass Teleostei, Teleostei
Definition of Teleost
1. n. One of the Teleosti. Also used adjectively.
Definition of Teleost
1. Adjective. of, or relating to the Teleostei - fish with bony skeletons ¹
2. Noun. such a fish ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Teleost
1. a bony fish [n -S]
Medical Definition of Teleost
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Teleost
Literary usage of Teleost
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Text-book of the Principles of Animal Histology by Ulric Dahlgren, William Allison Kepner (1908)
"THE ELECTROPLAX IN teleost FISHES FIG. 108. — AC. Three steps in the histogenesis
of an electroplax of ..."
2. The Fitness of the Environment: An Inquiry Into the Biological Significance by Lawrence Joseph Henderson (1913)
"... Octopus macropus 2.24 Selachian, Torpedo marmorata 2.26 Selachian, Mustelus
vulgaris 2.86 Selachian, Trygon violacea 2.44 teleost, ..."
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