Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

teleost

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.71 in modern English

Syllables: teleost
IPA

7

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Of, or relating to the Teleostei - fish with bony skeletons.

noun

A fish of the taxonomic infraclass Teleostei.

Example Sentences

"1969, W. S. Hoar, D. J. Randall (editors), Fish Physiology, Volume 2: The Endocrine System, page 156, There are no direct studies of the effects of arginine vasotocin or 4 Ser, 8 Ile oxytocin in the holostean bony fish. It can only be suggested that the histological evidence suggests a possible role in the control of the adenohypophysis and that systemic effects might well parallel those found in the closely related teleosts."
"After antigenic stimulation, increased amounts of lymphoid tissue does appear, in the spleen of teleosts. The lymphoid tissue of teleost spleen consists of lymphoid cells, mainly small, medium, and large lymphocytes arranged in a supporting reticular cell meshwork."
"Nevertheless, an element of real danger adds a piscine frisson to most encounters with this mysterious teleost."

Etymology

From Ancient Greek τέλεος (téleos, “complete”) + ὀστέον (ostéon, “bone”).

Origin

Source language: Ancient Greek

Word Breakdown

Root: τέλεος

Inflected Forms

teleosts (plural)

Derived Forms

nonteleost

Synonyms

teleost fish teleostan

Questions

What does teleost mean?: Of, or relating to the Teleostei - fish with bony skeletons.
Where does teleost come from?: It is traced to Ancient Greek.

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