teleostei

from The Century Dictionary.

• The teleosts, or ordinary bony fishes; a subclass of true fishes.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

• noun plural (Zoöl.) A subclass of fishes including all the ordinary bony fishes as distinguished from the ganoids.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

• noun large diverse group of bony fishes; includes most living species