OSTEICHTHYES

 Dictionary entry overview: What does Osteichthyes mean? 

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

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

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

 Dictionary entry details 

• OSTEICHTHYES (noun)

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

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

Meronyms (members of "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 ("Osteichthyes" is a member of...):

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