ctenosquamate

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English[edit]

Adjective[edit]

ctenosquamate (not comparable)

  1. (zoology) Of or from the section Ctenosquamata of bony fish.
    • 2009, Gene Helfman, The Diversity of Fishes: Biology, Evolution, and Ecology:
      Several other characteristics, mostly associated with improved locomotion and feeding, also mark the ascendancy of teleosts above the ctenosquamate level of development.

Noun[edit]

ctenosquamate (plural ctenosquamates)

  1. A fish of this section.
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