Audio English.net » Dictionary » C » Class Monocotyledonae ... Classified Advertisement

CLASS OSTEICHTHYES

Dictionary entry overview: What does class Osteichthyes mean?

• CLASS OSTEICHTHYES (noun)
The noun CLASS OSTEICHTHYES has 1 sense:

1. a class of fish having a skeleton composed of bone in addition to cartilage

Familiarity information: CLASS OSTEICHTHYES used as a noun is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• CLASS OSTEICHTHYES (noun)

Sense 1

class Osteichthyes ^{[BACK TO TOP]}

Meaning:

A class of fish having a skeleton composed of bone in addition to cartilage

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

class Osteichthyes; Osteichthyes

Hypernyms ("class Osteichthyes" is a kind of...):

class ((biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders)

Meronyms (members of "class Osteichthyes"):

bony fish (any fish of the class Osteichthyes)

Crossopterygii; subclass Crossopterygii (fishes having paired fins resembling limbs and regarded as ancestral to amphibians)

Dipnoi; subclass Dipnoi (bony fishes of the southern hemisphere that breathe by a modified air bladder as well as gills; sometimes classified as an order of Crossopterygii)

subclass Teleostei; Teleostei (large diverse group of bony fishes; includes most living species)

Holonyms ("class Osteichthyes" is a member of...):

Craniata; subphylum Craniata; subphylum Vertebrata; Vertebrata (fishes; amphibians; reptiles; birds; mammals)

Learn English with... Proverbs of the week

"God cures and the physician takes the fee." (English proverb)

"Who travels will also get tired." (Albanian proverb)

"Birds of a feather flock together." (Arabic proverb)

"Don't look a gift horse in the mouth." (Corsican proverb)

CLASS OSTEICHTHYES: related words searches

» What does bony fish mean?
» Definition of subclass Dipnoi
» Teleostei meaning
» What does Craniata mean?
» Definition of subphylum Craniata

Page delivered in 0.0234 seconds