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teleost

teleost adjective: of, or relating to the Teleostei - fish with bony skeletons.

Adjective

teleost (not comparable)

  1. Of, or relating to the Teleostei - fish with bony skeletons.

Noun

teleost (plural teleosts)

  1. A fish of the taxonomic infraclass Teleostei.
    • There are no direct studies of the effects of arginine vasotocin or 4 Ser, 8 Ile oxytocin in the holostean bony fish. It can only be suggested that the histological evidence suggests a possible role in the control of the adenohypophysis and that systemic effects might well parallel those found in...1969, W. S. Hoar, D. J. Randall (editors), Fish Physiology, Volume 2: The Endocrine System, page 156
    • After antigenic stimulation, increased amounts of lymphoid tissue does appear, in the spleen of teleosts. The lymphoid tissue of teleost spleen consists of lymphoid cells, mainly small, medium, and large lymphocytes arranged in a supporting reticular cell meshwork.1997, Academic Press, The Fish Immune System: Organism, Pathogen, and Environment, page 35

Forms of teleost

pluralteleosts

Origin of teleost

From Ancient Greek τέλεος (téleos, “complete”) + ὀστέον (ostéon, “bone”).

Words formed from teleost

Questions about teleost

What does teleost mean?
Teleost means of, or relating to the Teleostei - fish with bony skeletons.
What part of speech is teleost?
Teleost can be an adjective or a noun.

Words near teleost in the dictionary

  1. teleosaurid
  2. teleosaurids
  3. teleosaurs
  4. teleosemantic
  5. teleosemantics
  6. teleost
  7. teleostean
  8. teleosteans
  9. teleostome
  10. teleostomes
  11. teleosts

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