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Webster 1913 Edition

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(tēˊlē̍-ō̍-sĕf′ȧ-lī or tĕˊlē̍-ō̍-sĕf′ȧ-lī)

Noun.

pl.

[NL., fr. Gr.

τέλεοσ

complete +

κεφαλή

head.]

(Zool.)

An extensive order of bony fishes including most of the common market species, as bass, salmon, cod, perch, etc.