bony fish

bony fish

n. Any of various fishes in the group Osteichthyes, having a bony rather than cartilaginous skeleton and including the lobe-finned fishes and the ray-finned fishes.

bony fish

n (Animals) any fish of the class Osteichthyes, including most of the extant species, having a skeleton of bone rather than cartilage

bon′y fish`

n. any fish of the class Osteichthyes, characterized by gill covers, an air bladder, and a skeleton composed chiefly of bone.

bon·y fish

(bō′nē) A fish having a bony rather than cartilaginous skeleton. Most living species of fish are bony fish. Compare cartilaginous fish, jawless fish.

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bony fish - any fish of the class Osteichthyes fish - any of various mostly cold-blooded aquatic vertebrates usually having scales and breathing through gills; "the shark is a large fish"; "in the living room there was a tank of colorful fish"class Osteichthyes, Osteichthyes - a class of fish having a skeleton composed of bone in addition to cartilagecrossopterygian, lobefin, lobe-finned fish - any fish of the order Crossopterygii; most known only in fossil formlungfish - air-breathing fish having an elongated body and fleshy paired fins; certain species construct mucus-lined mud coverings in which to survive droughtteleost, teleost fish, teleostan - a bony fish of the subclass Teleostei