Usually means: Primitive ray-finned fish group.
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  2. holostean: Wordnik
  3. holostean: Wiktionary
  4. Holostean, holostean: Dictionary.com
  5. Holostean: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  6. Holostean: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  7. holostean: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  8. Holostean: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  9. holostean: FreeDictionary.org
  10. Holostean: TheFreeDictionary.com

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Definitions from Wiktionary (holostean)

▸ noun:  (zoology) Any fish of the class or infraclass Holostei.

Similar:
holosteian, holostome, subholostean, stethacanthid, etheostomoid, holothuroidean, ostariophysian, holothurian, phallostethid, holocentrid, more...

Opposite:
teleostean, bony fish, ray-finned fish

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Similar:
holosteian, holostome, subholostean, stethacanthid, etheostomoid, holothuroidean, ostariophysian, holothurian, phallostethid, holocentrid, more...

Opposite:
teleostean, bony fish, ray-finned fish



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