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Osteichthyes

Definition of Osteichthyes

noun

Zoology
  • a class of fishes that includes those with a bony skeleton. Compare with Chondrichthyes.

Origin:

modern Latin (plural), from Greek osteon 'bone' + ikhthus 'fish'

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