belonoid
English edit
Etymology edit
Ancient Greek βελόνη (belónē, “a needle”) + -oid
Adjective edit
belonoid (comparative more belonoid, superlative most belonoid)
- Shaped like a needle.
- 2009, Gene Helfman, The Diversity of Fishes: Biology, Evolution, and Ecology:
- 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.