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Bony fish

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bony fish

–noun
any fish of the class Osteichthyes, characterized by gill covers, an air bladder, and a skeleton composed of bone in addition to cartilage.

Origin:
1805–15, Americanism
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bony fish  
n.  A fish having a bony rather than cartilaginous skeleton; a teleost.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
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