bony fish
English Thesaurus
1. any fish of the class Osteichthyes (noun.animal)
| hypernym | : | fish, |
| definition | : | any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | crossopterygian, lobe-finned fish, lobefin, |
| definition | : | any fish of the order Crossopterygii; most known only in fossil form (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | lungfish, |
| definition | : | air-breathing fish having an elongated body and fleshy paired fins; certain species construct mucus-lined mud coverings in which to survive drought (noun.animal) |
| hyponym | : | teleost, teleost fish, teleostan, |
| definition | : | a bony fish of the subclass Teleostei (noun.animal) |
| member meronym | : | class osteichthyes, osteichthyes, |
| definition | : | a class of fish having a skeleton composed of bone in addition to cartilage (noun.animal) |
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