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Meaning of TELEOST

Pronunciation:  'telee`âst

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  a bony fish of the subclass Teleostei
 
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 Synonyms: teleost fish, teleostan
 
 See Also: acanthopterygian, Aulostomus maculatus, bellows fish, billfish, bony fish, cornetfish, flying fish, ganoid, ganoid fish, gar, halfbeak, malacopterygian, needlefish, pipefish, saury, Scomberesox saurus, shrimpfish, snipefish, soft-finned fish, spiny-finned fish, subclass Teleostei, sweeper, Teleostei, trumpetfish

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Te"le*ost\, n. [Gr. ? complete + ? bone.] (Zo["o]l.)
One of the Teleosti. Also used adjectively.
 

 

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