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neoteleost

neoteleost noun: a member of the clade Neoteleostei of bony fish.

Noun

neoteleost (plural neoteleosts)

  1. A member of the clade Neoteleostei of bony fish.
    • Rosen (1973) separated the stomiiforms (= Stomiatoidei) from other protacanthopterygian groups, placing them as the sister-group of all other neoteleosts (Eurypterygii).1996, Antony S. Harold, “Interrelationships of Stomiiform Fishes”, in Melanie L.J. Stiassny, editor, Interrelationships of Fishes, page 333

Forms of neoteleost

pluralneoteleosts

Words formed from neoteleost

Questions about neoteleost

What does neoteleost mean?
Neoteleost means a member of the clade Neoteleostei of bony fish.
What part of speech is neoteleost?
Neoteleost is a noun.
What is the plural of neoteleost?
The plural of neoteleost is neoteleosts.

Words near neoteleost in the dictionary

  1. neotards
  2. neotechnic
  3. neotectonic
  4. neotectonics
  5. neoteinia
  6. neoteleost
  7. neoteleostean
  8. neoteleosteans
  9. neoteleostian
  10. neoteleosts
  11. neotendon

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