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neoteleosteans

neoteleosteans is the plural of neoteleostean.

Meaning of neoteleostean

Noun

neoteleostean (plural neoteleosteans)

  1. Any fish of the clade Neoteleostei
    • Fishes of the neoteleostean clade are characterized by (among other traits) the possession of a large muscle that extends posterodorsally from the upper pharyngeal jaw to the vertebral column, the retractor dorsalis.1992, Richard L. Mayden, Systematics, Historical Ecology, and North American Freshwater Fishes

Questions about neoteleosteans

What is neoteleosteans the plural of?
Neoteleosteans is the plural of neoteleostean.

Words near neoteleosteans in the dictionary

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

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