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bony fish
noun
Origin:
1805–15, Americanism
1805–15, Americanism
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Bony fish
is always a great word to know.
So is ort. Does it mean:
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
| a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
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World English Dictionary
| bony fish | |
| —n, —n | |
| any fish of the class Osteichthyes, including most of the extant species, having a skeleton of bone rather than cartilage | |
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Science Dictionary
bony fish  (bō'nē) Pronunciation Key
Any of numerous ray-finned fishes belonging to the infraclass Teleostei or Teleostomi, having a skeleton that is completely made of bone, rather than partially or completely made of cartilage. Most living species of fish are bony fish. Also called teleost. Compare cartilaginous fish, jawless fish. |
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