NOUN | animal | class Osteichthyes, Osteichthyes | a class of fish having a skeleton composed of bone in addition to cartilage |
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Meaning | A class of fish having a skeleton composed of bone in addition to cartilage. | |
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Synonym | Osteichthyes | |
Member of | Vertebrata, subphylum Vertebrata, Craniata, subphylum Craniata | fishes |
Members | 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 | |
Teleostei, subclass Teleostei | large diverse group of bony fishes | |
bony fish | Any fish of the class Osteichthyes | |
Broader | class | (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more orders |
Catalan | Osteichthyes |
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