Teleostei (teleoste1)

pl. [NL., pl. of * teleosteus: see teleost.] The teleosts, or ordinary bony fishes; a subcla of true fishes. They have a well-developed brain, whose optic nerves cro each other, but without any chiasm; the heart is provided with a non-contractile arterial bulb; the fins have well-developed and distinct rays; the skeleton is generally completely o ified, and the backbone consists entirely or mostly of separate well-o ified vertebræ. tele ostomate (tel-e-os'tō-māt), a. [ IMG:content-0037.png:[merged small][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][merged small][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][merged small][subsumed][subsumed][subsumed][ocr errors][merged small][merged small][ocr errors][merged small][merged small][merged small][ocr errors] Brg Ar An Sy Prop 6216 action of one mind on another at a distance without the use of words, looks, gestures, or other material signs; also, the resulting mental state or affection. The a umption is that certain extraordinary phenomena cannot be explained on any recognized principles of physical science. Also called thought - transference and mind - reading. [Recent.] We venture to introduce the words Telæsthesia and Telepathy to cover all cases of impre ion received at a distance without the normal operation of the recognised sense organs. Proc. Soc. Psych. Research , I. 147. telepheme (tel'ē-fēm), n. [ τῆλε , afar, + φήμη, saying, talk: see famel .] A telephonic me age. [Recent.] We shall ask a dispensation to permit us to introduce a new word into the language. It is telepheme. The use of such phrases as "telephonic communication," "telephonic me age," "news by telephone," and the like seems a little clumsy, and a single word expre ing their meaning has become a desideratum. Upper and middle figures, side and top views without the bones of the jaws; lower, side view with the bones of the jaws. a , articular facet for hyomandibular bone; x, parasphenoid; y, bas i sphenoid;, ali sphenoid; V, VII, exits of fifth and and seventh nerves; 1, 2, 3, bones apparently replacing nasals; An , angular bone; Ar , articular; BO , bas i occipital; Brg, branchiostegal rays; D, dentary; EO, exoccip ital; EPO, 20, epiotic; c; Fr, frontal; HM, hyomandibular; 10p, inter operculum; Mx, maxillary; Mt, meta pterygoid; Op, operculum; Pa, parietal: Pl, pal a to quadrate arch; Pmx, premaxilla; Prf, prefron tal; Pro, proötic Prop, præoperculum; PrS, pre sphenoid; Ptf, tfrontal; Qu, quadrate; SO, supra-occipital; Sop, suboperculum; Sor, suborbital; Sq, squamosal; Sy, symplectic; Vo, vomer. IMG:content-0038.png:[blocks in formation] Skull of Perch ( Perca flu via til is ), a teleostome. 1, frontal; 2, prefrontal; 4, sphenotic; 7, parietal; 8, supra-occipital; 9, epiotic; 11, proötic; 12, pterotic; 17, premaxilla; 18, maxilla; 19, first suborbital or lacrymal bone; 19', chain of sub orbitals; 20, nasal; 21, one of a chain of post-temporal o icles; 23, hyomandibular; 24, ectopterygoid; 26, quadrate; meta pterygoid; 28, operculum; 30, præoperculum; 31, symplectic; 32, suboperculum; 33, inter operculum; 34, dentary; 35, articular; 36, angular; 42, urohyal; 46, post-temporal, or bone connecting scapular arch with the skull.