teleostean
- a variation of teleost.
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But certain Jurassic and Triassic forms are now commonly admitted to be teleostean; and even some palæozoic forms have been thus classed by one high authority.
From Darwin, and After Darwin (Vol. 1 and 3, of 3) An Exposition of the Darwinian Theory and a Discussion of Post-Darwinian Questions by Romanes, George John
A group of teleostean fishes having spiny fins.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah
The case most frequently insisted on by palaeontologists of the apparently sudden appearance of a whole group of species, is that of the teleostean fishes, low down, according to Agassiz, in the Chalk period.
From The Origin of Species by means of Natural Selection, 6th Edition by Darwin, Charles
The case most frequently insisted on by palæontologists of the apparently sudden appearance of a whole group of species, is that of the teleostean fishes, low down, according to Agassiz, in the Chalk period.
From Darwin, and After Darwin (Vol. 1 and 3, of 3) An Exposition of the Darwinian Theory and a Discussion of Post-Darwinian Questions by Romanes, George John
A group of teleostean fishes destitute of spiny finÐrays, as the cod.
From Webster's Unabridged Dictionary by Webster, Noah
