n. Any of various fishes of the group Teleostei, having a protrusible upper jaw and including most of the ray-finned fishes. [From New Latin Teleosteī, group name (Greek teleos, complete; see TELEOLOGY + osteon, bone; see ost- in the Appendix of Indo-European roots) and from New Latin Teleostomī, group name (Greek teleos, complete + Greek stoma, mouth).] |
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