Definition of "teleosts" []

• Plural form of teleost. (noun)

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• "The teleosts are a highly specialized type, adapted most perfectly to their aquatic environment."
• "The great group of fishes called the teleosts, or those with complete bony skeletons, to which most modern fishes belong, may be mentioned here, although in the Devonian they had not yet appeared."
• "But if he insists, many teleosts have a greater diversity of photopigments and can see colors we can't even imagine…so humans are once again also-rans in the color vision department."