teleost

[ tel-ee-ost, tee-lee- ]

adjective

belonging or pertaining to the Teleostei, a group of bony fishes including most living species.

noun

Also called tel·e·o·stome [tel-ee-uh-stohm, tee-lee-]. /ˈtɛl i əˌstoʊm, ˈti li-/. a teleost fish.

Origin of teleost

1860–65; <New Latin Teleostei infraclass name (designating fish with completely ossified skeletons), plural of teleosteus, equivalent to Greek tele-tele-² + -osteos -boned, adj. derivative of ostéon bone; see osteo-, -ous

Sometimes tel·e·os·te·an [tel-ee-os-tee-uhn, tee-lee-] /ˌtɛl iˈɒs ti ən, ˌti li-/ .

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How to use teleost in a sentence

For example, photoreceptors are more red-sensitive in freshwater species of the teleost fish than in marine species—a distinction that illustrates the complexity of responses to light even among similar animals.
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In the sea, whales, sharks, and teleost fishes of modern types rule in the stead of huge swimming reptiles.
The Elements of Geology | William Harmon Norton
It is seen that the two upper arches on each side are obliterated, as indeed they already are in some teleost fishes.
Evolution | Joseph Le Conte
Our common teleost fish, like perch and cod, appeared much later.
The Whence and the Whither of Man | John Mason Tyler
Such for example is the case in some teleost fishes, as the pickerel (Fig. 48).
The Anatomy of the Human Peritoneum and Abdominal Cavity | George. S. Huntington

This condition depends upon the relatively much shorter extent of the teleost endgut compared with the human large intestine.
The Anatomy of the Human Peritoneum and Abdominal Cavity | George. S. Huntington

British Dictionary definitions for teleost

teleost

/ (ˈtɛlɪˌɒst, ˈtiːlɪ-) /

noun

any bony fish of the subclass Teleostei, having rayed fins and a swim bladder: the group contains most of the bony fishes, including the herrings, carps, eels, cod, perches, etc

adjective

of, relating to, or belonging to the Teleostei

Origin of teleost

C19: from New Latin teleosteī (pl) creatures having complete skeletons, from Greek teleos complete + osteon bone

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Scientific definitions for teleost

teleost

[ tĕl′ē-ŏst′, tē′lē- ]

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