/tel"ee ost', tee"lee-/ , adj.
1. belonging or pertaining to the Teleostei, a group of bony fishes including most living species.
n.
2. Also called teleostome /tel"ee euh stohm', tee"lee-/ . a teleost fish.
Also, teleostean .
[ 1860-65; Teleostei infraclass name (designating fish with completely ossified skeletons), pl. of TELEOSTEUS, equiv. to Gk tele- TELE- 2 + - osteos -boned, adj. deriv. of ostéon bone; see OSTEO-, -OUS ]