ctenosquamate

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adjective

Of or from the section Ctenosquamata of bony fish.

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Meanings

adjectivectenosquamate (not comparable)
  1. not comparablebiologyOf or from the section Ctenosquamata of bony fish.

    Several other characteristics, mostly associated with improved locomotion and feeding, also mark the ascendancy of teleosts above the ctenosquamate level of development.

    2009, Gene Helfman, The Diversity of Fishes: Biology, Evolution, and Ecology
nounctenosquamate (plural ctenosquamates)

plural ctenosquamates

  1. A fish of this section.
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Chicago

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