Belonoid
adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Shaped like a needle.
"A tendency for elongation of the lower or both jaws occurs in all belonoid groups, expressed as a garlike prey capture structure in piscivorous needlefishes and as unequal jaw lengths in sauries and particularly in halfbeaks."
Example
More examples"A tendency for elongation of the lower or both jaws occurs in all belonoid groups, expressed as a garlike prey capture structure in piscivorous needlefishes and as unequal jaw lengths in sauries and particularly in halfbeaks."
Etymology
From Ancient Greek βελόνη (belónē, “a needle”) + -oid.
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