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belonoid en · ADJ

Etymology

From Ancient Greek βελόνη (belónē, “a needle”) + -oid.

Meanings

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. 2009, Gene Helfman, The Diversity of Fishes: Biology, Evolution, and Ecology:

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