Teleost Definition

tĕlē-ŏst, tēlē-
teleosts
noun
teleosts
Any of many orders of bony fishes having a consolidated internal skeleton, swim bladder, thin cycloid scales, etc.
Webster's New World
Any of various fishes of the group Teleostei, having a protrusible upper jaw and including most of the ray-finned fishes.
American Heritage Medicine
Synonyms:
  • teleostan
  • teleost fish
adjective
Of or belonging to the teleosts.
Webster's New World

Of, or relating to the Teleostei - fish with bony skeletons.

Wiktionary

Other Word Forms of Teleost

Noun

Singular:
teleost
Plural:
teleosts

Origin of Teleost

  • From New Latin Teleosteī group name (Greek teleos complete teleology) (osteon bone ost- in Indo-European roots) and from New Latin Teleostomī group name (Greek teleos complete) (Greek stoma mouth)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Ancient Greek τέλεος (teleos, “complete") + ὀστέον (osteon, “bone").

    From Wiktionary

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