Osteichthyes
Translingual
Etymology
From Ancient Greek ὀστέον (ostéon, “bone”) + ἰχθῡ́ς (ikhthū́s, “fish”).
Proper noun
Osteichthyes
- A taxonomic superclass within the phylum Chordata – the bony fish, lob-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