SUBCLASS TELEOSTEI

 Dictionary entry overview: What does subclass Teleostei mean? 

• SUBCLASS TELEOSTEI (noun)
  The noun SUBCLASS TELEOSTEI has 1 sense:

1. large diverse group of bony fishes; includes most living species

  Familiarity information: SUBCLASS TELEOSTEI used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SUBCLASS TELEOSTEI (noun)

Meaning:

Large diverse group of bony fishes; includes most living species

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

subclass Teleostei; Teleostei

Hypernyms ("subclass Teleostei" is a kind of...):

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

Meronyms (members of "subclass Teleostei"):

Ganoidei; order Ganoidei (a group of mostly extinct primitive bony fishes characterized by armor-like bony scales)

family Pempheridae; Pempheridae (sweepers)

Acanthopterygii; superorder Acanthopterygii (teleost fishes having fins with sharp bony rays)

order Synentognathi; Synentognathi (order of fishes having spineless fins; needlefishes; sauries; flying fishes; halfbeaks)

Alepisaurus; genus Alepisaurus (slender scaleless predaceous tropical deep-sea fishes)

teleost; teleost fish; teleostan (a bony fish of the subclass Teleostei)

leptocephalus (slender transparent larva of eels and certain fishes)

order Solenichthyes; Solenichthyes (bellows fishes; shrimpfishes; cornetfishes; pipefishes; small order of chiefly tropical marine fishes of varied and bizarre form all having a small mouth at the end of a drawn-out tubular snout)

Malacopterygii; superorder Malacopterygii (an extensive group of teleost fishes having fins supported by flexible cartilaginous rays)

Holonyms ("subclass Teleostei" is a member of...):

class Osteichthyes; Osteichthyes (a class of fish having a skeleton composed of bone in addition to cartilage)