teleost
te.le.ost \'tel-e--.a:st, 'te--le--\ \.tel-e--'a:s-te--*n, .te--le--\ n [deriv. of Gk teleios complete, perfect (fr. telos end) + osteon] bone - more at OSSEOUS : any of a group (Teleostei or Teleostomi) of fishes comprising the fishes with a bony rather than a cartilaginous skeleton and including all jawed fishes with the exception of the elasmobranchs and sometimes of the ganoids and dipnoans - teleost aj