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

adjective

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

teleost

/ tĕl′ē-ŏst′,tē′lē- /

1. See bony fish

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of teleost¹

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

Example Sentences

Gagnon suspects heart regeneration is an ancestral trait common to all teleosts.

From Science Daily

Pelvic fins are homologous to tetrapod hindlimbs and primarily serve a role in body trim and subtle swimming manoeuvres during teleost locomotion17, 18, 19.

From Nature

John Clarke, now a paleontologist at the University of Pennsylvania, decided to test this “legend” by comparing the diversity of teleosts and holosteans in the fossil record.

From Science Magazine

Although most gene tree topologies were consistent with the teleost species tree, some gene trees showed large deviations from the accepted species tree.

From Nature

Black numbers represents species divergence calculated as neutral genomic divergence between the sequenced species using ~2.7 million fourfold degenerate sites from the alignment of 9 teleost genomes.

From Nature