teleost

tel·e·ost  (tl-st, tl-) also tel·e·os·te·an (-st-n)

adj.

Of or belonging to the Teleostei or Teleostomi, a large group of fishes with bony skeletons, including most common fishes. The teleosts are distinct from the cartilaginous fishes such as sharks, rays, and skates.

n.

A teleost fish.

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[From New Latin Teleoste, group name (Greek teleos, complete; see teleology + osteon, bone; see ost- in Indo-European roots) and from New Latin Teleostom, group name (Greek teleos, complete + Greek stoma, mouth).]

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teleost  (tl-st, tl-)

See bony fish.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

teleost - a bony fish of the subclass Teleostei teleost fish, teleostan malacopterygian, soft-finned fish - any fish of the superorder Malacopterygii cornetfish - slender tropical fish with a long tubular snout and bony plates instead of scales pipefish, needlefish - fish with long tubular snout and slim body covered with bony plates bellows fish, snipefish - small bottom-dwelling fish of warm seas having a compressed body and a long snout with a toothless mouth shrimp-fish, shrimpfish - slender tropical shallow-water East Indian fish covered with transparent plates Aulostomus maculatus, trumpetfish - tropical Atlantic fish with a long snout; swims snout down bony fish - any fish of the class Osteichthyes subclass Teleostei, Teleostei - large diverse group of bony fishes; includes most living species needlefish, gar, billfish - elongate European surface-dwelling predacious fishes with long toothed jaws; abundant in coastal waters flying fish - tropical marine fishes having enlarged winglike fins used for brief gliding flight halfbeak - tropical and subtropical marine and freshwater fishes having an elongated body and long protruding lower jaw saury, Scomberesox saurus, billfish - slender long-beaked fish of temperate Atlantic waters acanthopterygian, spiny-finned fish - a teleost fish with fins that are supported by sharp inflexible rays sweeper - little-known nocturnal fish of warm shallow seas with an oblong compressed body ganoid, ganoid fish - primitive fishes having thick bony scales with a shiny covering