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Definition of: teleost
(tel′ē·ost, tē′lē-) noun
Any of a large and widely distributed group or order (Teleostei) of fishes having true bones: distinguished from cyclostomes and elasmobranchs.
—adjective Of, pertaining to, or having the characteristics of the teleosts. Also tel′e·os′te·an. [<Gk. telos end + osteon bone]
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