teleost

American  

[tel-ee-ost, tee-lee-] / ˈtɛl iˌɒst, ˈti li- /

Sometimes teleostean

adjective

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

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noun

1. Also called teleostome.  a teleost fish.

teleost British  

/ ˈtɛlɪˌɒst, ˈtiːlɪ- /

noun

1. 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

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adjective

1. of, relating to, or belonging to the Teleostei

teleost Scientific  

/ tĕl′ē-ŏst′,tē′lē- /

1. See bony fish

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Etymology

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

Example Sentences

Understanding the evolutionary path that led to the loss of this ability in some teleost species could offer parallel insights into why mammals cannot regenerate as adults.

From Science Daily • Apr. 18, 2024

We also predicted CNEs in the Hox clusters of H. comes and other representative teleost fishes using the global alignment program MLAGAN.

From Nature • Dec. 13, 2016

We sequenced the genome of the tiger tail seahorse and performed comparative analysis with other teleost fishes.

From Nature • Dec. 13, 2016

Such a lag might also be at play in the teleost story, says Itay Mayrose, an evolutionary biologist at Tel Aviv University in Israel.

From Science Magazine • Sep. 26, 2016

Its predominant life features are the culmination and the beginning of the decline of reptiles, amphibians, cephalopod mollusks, and cycads, and the advent of marsupial mammals, birds, teleost fishes, and angiospermous plants.

From The Elements of Geology by Norton, William Harmon