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1. (adj.) teleost
belonging or pertaining to the Teleostei, several orders of bony fishes that have a swim bladder and thin scales: includes most living species.
2. (n.) teleost
a teleost fish.
Etymology: (1860–65; < NL Teleostei (1844), orig. designating all fish with completely ossified skeletons, pl. of teleosteus= Gk tele-tele -2+-osteos -boned, adj. der. of ostéon bone; see osteo -, -ous)
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1. (noun) teleost fish, teleost, teleostan
a bony fish of the subclass Teleostei
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1. (noun) teleost
one of the Teleosti. Also used adjectively
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