holostei

holostei
\\-ēˌī\ noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from hol- + -ostei (from Greek osteon bone) — more at osseous
in many classifications : an order of ganoid fishes having a well-developed bony skeleton and approaching teleosts in structure now usually restricted to the gars (family Lepisosteidae) and various extinct genera (as Lepidotes and Semionotus) but sometimes extended to include the bowfin and related fishes or made a superorder including the teleosts — compare cycloganoidei, ginglymodi

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Holostei /hol-osˈti-ī/ plural noun
(Gr osteon bone) an order of fishes including Lepidosteus
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  • Holostei — Ho*los te*i, n. pl. [NL., fr. Gr. o los whole + ? a bone.] (Zo[ o]l.) An extensive division of ganoids, including the gar pike, bowfin, etc.; the bony ganoids. See Illustration in Appendix. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Holostei — ⇒ Actinopterygii …   Deutsch wörterbuch der biologie

  • Holostei — taxobox name = Holostei fossil range = Mesozoic–Recent image width = 250px image caption = Spotted gar, Lepisosteus oculatus image2 width = 250px image2 caption = Bowfin, Amia calva regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Actinopterygii… …   Wikipedia

  • Holostei — Für die Einteilung der existieren nebeneinander mehrere Vorschläge. Das hier behandelte entspricht nicht der gegenwärtig in der deutschsprachigen Wikipedia verwendeten Systematik. Die Knochenganoiden (Holostei) sind eine heute nicht mehr… …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Holostei —   Holostei Lepisosteus oculatus …   Wikipedia Español

  • Holostei — Holọste|i   [zu griechisch ostéon »Knochen«], die Knochenganoiden …   Universal-Lexikon

  • holostei — ho·los·tei …   English syllables

  • Костные ганоиды — (Holostei)         надотряд рыб из группы лучепёрых. Занимают промежуточное положение между хрящевыми ганоидами (См. Хрящевые ганоиды) и костистыми рыбами (См. Костистые рыбы). Череп, челюстной аппарат и жаберный построены по типу костистых, но… …   Большая советская энциклопедия

  • holostean — ▪ fish Introduction       any member of a group of primitive bony fishes (bony fish) that make up one of the three major subdivisions of the superclass Actinopterygii (ray finned fishes). Holosteans are represented today by the bowfins (bowfin)… …   Universalium

  • Лучепёрые рыбы — Рыба белка (Sargocentron spiniferum) …   Википедия

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