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Webster 1913 Edition
Teleostei
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Teˊle-os′te-i
,Noun.
pl.
[NL., fr. Gr. [GREEK] complete + [GREEK] bone.]
(Zool.)
A subclass of fishes including all the ordinary bony fishes as distinguished from the ganoids.
Definition 2024
Teleostei
Teleostei
See also: teleostei
Translingual
Proper noun
Teleostei
- A taxonomic infraclass within the subclass Neopterygii – many of the ray-finned fish.
Hypernyms
- (infraclass): Vertebrata - subphylum, Gnathostomata - infraphylum, Osteichthyes - superclass, Actinopterygii - class, Neopterygii - subclass
Hyponyms
- (infraclass): Osteoglossomorpha (bony tongues etc), Elopomorpha (tarpons and eels etc), Clupeomorpha (herrings), Ostariophysi (minnows, electric eels etc), Protocanthopterygii (salmon, pike etc), Stenopterygii (dragonfish etc), Cyclosquamata (lizardfish), Scopelomorpha (lanternfish), Lampridiomorpha (opahs), Polymyxiomorpha (beardfish), Paracanthopterygii (perch, cod etc), Acanthopterygii (mullet, sticklebacks etc) - superorders
Coordinate terms
- (infraclass): Holostei, Chondrostei - infraclasses