teleost noun & adjective. ['ti:lɪɒst] M19.
[from TELEO- + Greek osteon bone.]
Zoology.
A. noun. A fish of the subclass Teleostei, comprising fishes with a more or less completely ossified skeleton, including most of the familiar types of fish (and excluding rays, skates, sharks, sturgeons, garfishes, and lungfishes). M19.
b. adjective. = teleostean adjective. L19.

■ tele'ostean adjective & noun (a) adjective of, pertaining to, or characteristic of (fishes of) the subclass Teleostei; (b) noun = TELEOST noun: M19.

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