osteichthyes
Noun
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A class of fish having a skeleton composed of bone in addition to cartilage (synset 102517206)
is a type of: class - (biology) a taxonomic group containing one or more ordersmember holonym:
- 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
belongs to: craniata, subphylum craniata, subphylum vertebrata, vertebrata - fishes; amphibians; reptiles; birds; mammalssame as: class osteichthyes
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