Osteichthyes

Translingual

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ὀστέον (ostéon, “bone”) + ἰχθῡ́ς (ikhthū́s, “fish”).

Proper noun

Osteichthyes

1. A taxonomic superclass within the phylum Chordata – bony fish, lobe-finned fish, and terrestrial tetrapods.

Hypernyms

• (superclass): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Deuterostomia – infrakingdom; Chordata – phylum; Chordata Craniata - clade; Vertebrata - subphylum; Gnathostomata  - infraphylum

Hyponyms

• (superclass): Actinopterygii, Sarcopterygii

References

• Osteichthyes on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Osteichthyes on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Osteichthyes at the Tree of Life Web Project