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Definition of "teleost" []

  • Of or belonging to the Teleostei or Teleostomi, a large group of fishes with bony skeletons, including most common fishes. The teleosts are distinct from the cartilaginous fishes such as sharks, rays, and skates. (adjective)
  • A teleost fish. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "teleost" in a sentence
  • "Hyposomotic marine teleost fishes endemic to icy, freezing polar or subpolar waters face constant threat of freezing death."
  • "Similarly, lungs were a selective advantage to fish living in stagnant waters, enabling them to breathe air, long before the descendants of these fish walked on land; in modern teleost fishes the lung has lost its function as a breathing organ, and has been transformed into a hydrostatic organ, the swim bladder."
  • "The elephant shark sequence revealed twice as many CNEs as were identified by whole-genome comparisons between teleost fishes and human."