Definition of Teleosts

1. Noun. (plural of teleost) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Teleosts

1. teleost [n] - See also: teleost

Lexicographical Neighbors of Teleosts

teleosaur
teleosaurid
teleosaurids
teleosaurs
teleosaurus
teleosemantic
teleosemantics
teleost
teleost fish
teleost melanophore
teleostan
teleostean
teleosteans
teleostei
teleostomi
teleosts (current term)
teleozoic
teleozoon
telepaper
telepapers
teleparallel
teleparallelism
telepath
telepathetic
telepathetically
telepathic
telepathically
telepathies
telepathine
telepathise

Literary usage of Teleosts

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

1. The Journal of Comparative Neurology by Denison University (1903)
"the symmetrical teleosts the right and left optic nerves are dorsal in an ... In the Soleidae the chiasmata are dimorphic, as in symmetrical teleosts; ie, ..."

2. Internal Secretion and the Ductless Glands by Swale Vincent (1912)
"According to Maurer (371), the thyroid of teleosts consists of a mass of follicles (more ... Guiart (207) gives some description of the thyroid in teleosts, ..."

3. Elements of Comparative Zoology by John Sterling Kingsley (1897)
"teleosts (BONY FISHES). The great majority of the forms which we ordinarily call fishes belong to the group of teleosts or bony fishes, so called from the ..."

4. State Geological Survey of Kansas. [Reports] by Kansas Geological Survey (1902)
"teleosts OF THE UPPER CRETACEOUS. BY ALBAN STEWART. INTRODUCTION. ABOUT two years ago, through the kindness of Dr. SW Williston, I was given the privilege ..."

5. The University Geological Survey of Kansas by Erasmus Haworth, Kansas Geological Survey (1900)
"teleosts OF THE UPPER CRETACEOUS. BY ALBAN STEWART. INTRODUCTION. ABOUT two years ago, through the kindness of Dr. SW Williston, I was given the privilege ..."

6. Contributions by Dept. of Anatomy, University of Minnesota Dept. of Anatomy, University of Minnesota (1913)
"... and teleosts. The diencephalon presents no features of especial importance. There is a greater development of the inferior lobes than in selachians, ..."

7. The New International Encyclopædia edited by Daniel Coit Gilman, Harry Thurston Peck, Frank Moore Colby (1903)
"The brain does not completely fill the cranial cavity, and the intervening space is filled with the gelatinous arachnoid tissue. In the teleosts the optic ..."

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