ctenosquamate
English
Adjective
ctenosquamate (not comparable)
- (zoology) Of or from the section Ctenosquamata of bony fish.
- 2009, Gene Helfman, The Diversity of Fishes: Biology, Evolution, and Ecology:
- Several other characteristics, mostly associated with improved locomotion and feeding, also mark the ascendancy of teleosts above the ctenosquamate level of development.
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Noun
ctenosquamate (plural ctenosquamates)
- A fish of this section.