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| tel·e·ost [ téllee òst ] (plural tel·e·osts) or tel·e·os·te·an [ tèllee óstee ən, tlee óstee ən ] (plural tel·e·os·te·ans) |
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bony fish: a bony fish with rayed fins in a suborder that includes most living species, numbering around 20,000, but excluding sturgeons, gars, sharks, rays, and related fish. Subclass Teleostei.
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| [Mid-19th century. < Greek telos "end" + osteon "bone"] |
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