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:

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

Singular:

teleost

Plural:

teleosts

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").

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