teleost fish
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1. a bony fish of the subclass Teleostei (noun.animal)
| hypernym | : | bony fish, |
| definition | : | any fish of the class Osteichthyes (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | cornetfish, |
| definition | : | slender tropical fish with a long tubular snout and bony plates instead of scales (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | needlefish, pipefish, |
| definition | : | fish with long tubular snout and slim body covered with bony plates (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | bellows fish, snipefish, |
| definition | : | small bottom-dwelling fish of warm seas having a compressed body and a long snout with a toothless mouth (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | shrimp-fish, shrimpfish, |
| definition | : | slender tropical shallow-water East Indian fish covered with transparent plates (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | billfish, gar, needlefish, |
| definition | : | elongate European surface-dwelling predacious fishes with long toothed jaws; abundant in coastal waters (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | flying fish, |
| definition | : | tropical marine fishes having enlarged winglike fins used for brief gliding flight (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | halfbeak, |
| definition | : | tropical and subtropical marine and freshwater fishes having an elongated body and long protruding lower jaw (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | sweeper, |
| definition | : | little-known nocturnal fish of warm shallow seas with an oblong compressed body (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | ganoid, ganoid fish, |
| definition | : | primitive fishes having thick bony scales with a shiny covering (noun.animal) |
| member meronym | : | subclass teleostei, teleostei, |
| definition | : | large diverse group of bony fishes; includes most living species (noun.animal) |
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