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WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024tel•e•ost (tel′ē ost′, tē′lē-),USA pronunciation adj. - Fishbelonging or pertaining to the Teleostei, a group of bony fishes including most living species.
n. Also called tel•e•o•stome (tel′ē ə stōm′, tē′lē-).USA pronunciation a teleost fish.Also, tel′e•os′te•an. - Neo-Latin Teleostei infraclass name (designating fish with completely ossified skeletons), plural of teleosteus, equivalent. to Greek tele- tele-2 + -osteos -boned, adjective, adjectival derivative of ostéon bone; see osteo-, -ous
- 1860–65
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: teleost /ˈtɛlɪˌɒst ˈtiːlɪ-/ n - 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
Etymology: 19th Century: from New Latin teleosteī (pl) creatures having complete skeletons, from Greek teleos complete + osteon bone |