Osteichthyes

Translingual

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὀστέον (ostéon, “bone”) + ἰχθῡ́ς (ikhthū́s, “fish”).

Proper noun

Osteichthyes

A taxonomic superclass within the phylum Chordata – bony fish, lobe-finned fish, and terrestrial tetrapods.

Hypernyms

(superclass): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Chordata Craniata - clade; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata - infraphylum

Hyponyms

(superclass): Actinopterygii, Sarcopterygii

References

Osteichthyes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Osteichthyes on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Osteichthyes at the Tree of Life Web Project

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