noun
an extensive group of teleost fishes having fins supported by flexible cartilaginous rays
• Syn: ↑Malacopterygii
• Hypernyms: ↑animal order
• Member Holonyms: ↑Teleostei, ↑subclass Teleostei
• Member Meronyms:
↑soft-finned fish, ↑malacopterygian, ↑Cypriniformes, ↑order Cypriniformes, ↑Siluriformes, ↑order Siluriformes, ↑Gadiformes, ↑order Gadiformes, ↑Anacanthini, ↑order Anacanthini, ↑Anguilliformes, ↑order Anguilliformes, ↑order Apodes, ↑Isospondyli, ↑order Isospondyli, ↑Synodontidae, ↑family Synodontidae, ↑Chlorophthalmidae, ↑family Chlorophthalmidae, ↑Lampridae, ↑family Lampridae, ↑Trachipteridae, ↑family Trachipteridae, ↑Regalecidae, ↑family Regalecidae
Useful english dictionary. 2012.