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teleost

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

adjective

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


noun

  1. Also called tel·e·o·stome [tel, -ee-, uh, -stohm, tee, -lee-]. a teleost fish.

teleost

/ 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
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


adjective

  1. of, relating to, or belonging to the Teleostei
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

teleost

/ tĕlē-ŏst′,tēlē- /

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Word History and Origins

Origin of teleost1

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; osteo-, -ous
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Word History and Origins

Origin of teleost1

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

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.

In the sea, whales, sharks, and teleost fishes of modern types rule in the stead of huge swimming reptiles.

It is seen that the two upper arches on each side are obliterated, as indeed they already are in some teleost fishes.

Our common teleost fish, like perch and cod, appeared much later.

Such for example is the case in some teleost fishes, as the pickerel (Fig. 48).

This condition depends upon the relatively much shorter extent of the teleost endgut compared with the human large intestine.

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