teleostean

Variant of teleost

teleost definition

tel·eost (tel′ē äst′, tē′lē-)

noun

any of many orders of bony fishes having a consolidated internal skeleton, swim bladder, thin cycloid scales, etc.

Etymology: < Gr teleos, complete < telos (see telo-) + osteon, bone: see ossify

adjective

of or belonging to the teleosts
Also teleostean tel′·eos′·tean (-äs′tē ən)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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