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OSTEICHTHYES
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A class of fish having a skeleton composed of bone in addition to cartilage
Synonyms:
class Osteichthyes; Osteichthyes
Classified under:
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)
