bony fish

Any of various fishes in the group Osteichthyes, having a bony rather than cartilaginous skeleton and including the lobe-finned fishes and the ray-finned fishes.

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bony fish

(Animals) any fish of the class Osteichthyes, including most of the extant species, having a skeleton of bone rather than cartilage

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bon′y fish`

any fish of the class Osteichthyes, characterized by gill covers, an air bladder, and a skeleton composed chiefly of bone.

bon·y fish

(bō′nē)

A fish having a bony rather than cartilaginous skeleton. Most living species of fish are bony fish. Compare cartilaginous fish, jawless fish.

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Noun

bony fish - any fish of the class Osteichthyes

fish - any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills; "the shark is a large fish"; "in the living room there was a tank of colorful fish"

class Osteichthyes, Osteichthyes - a class of fish having a skeleton composed of bone in addition to cartilage

crossopterygian, lobefin, lobe-finned fish - any fish of the order Crossopterygii; most known only in fossil form

lungfish - air-breathing fish having an elongated body and fleshy paired fins; certain species construct mucus-lined mud coverings in which to survive drought

teleost, teleost fish, teleostan - a bony fish of the subclass Teleostei

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