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teleost
[ tel-ee-ost, tee-lee- ]
adjective
- belonging or pertaining to the Teleostei, a group of bony fishes including most living species.
noun
- Also called tel·e·o·stome [tel, -ee-, uh, -stohm, tee, -lee-]. a teleost fish.
teleost
/ ˈtɛlɪˌɒst; ˈtiːlɪ- /
noun
- 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
adjective
- of, relating to, or belonging to the Teleostei
teleost
/ tĕl′ē-ŏst′,tē′lē- /
- See bony fish
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of teleost1
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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