bony fish

bony fish

n.

A fish having a bony rather than cartilaginous skeleton; a teleost.

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bony fish  (bn)

Any of numerous ray-finned fishes belonging to the infraclass Teleostei or Teleostomi, having a skeleton that is completely made of bone, rather than partially or completely made of cartilage. Most living species of fish are bony fish. Also called teleost. Compare cartilaginous fishjawless fish

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

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, lobe-finned fish, lobefin - 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