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Teleostei

noun

large diverse group of bony fishes; includes most living species

• Syn: ↑subclass Teleostei

• Hypernyms: ↑class

• Member Holonyms: ↑Osteichthyes, ↑class Osteichthyes

• Member Meronyms:

↑Malacopterygii, ↑superorder Malacopterygii, ↑Solenichthyes, ↑order Solenichthyes, ↑leptocephalus, ↑teleost fish, ↑teleost, ↑teleostan, ↑Alepisaurus, ↑genus Alepisaurus, ↑Osteoglossiformes, ↑Order Osteoglossiformes, ↑Synentognathi, ↑order Synentognathi, ↑Acanthopterygii, ↑superorder Acanthopterygii, ↑Pempheridae, ↑family Pempheridae, ↑Ganoidei, ↑order Ganoidei

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\\ˌ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌī\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from tele- (II) + -ostei (from Greek osteon bone) — more at osseous

in some classifications : a subclass or other division of fishes nearly or exactly equivalent to Teleostomi

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Teleostei /tel-i-osˈti-ī/

plural noun

The bony fishes with well-developed bones

ORIGIN: ↑teleo-¹, and Gr osteon bone

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telˈeost or teleosˈtean noun and adjective

Useful english dictionary. 2012.