beloniform

English

Noun

beloniform (plural beloniforms)

1. (zoology) Any fish in the order Beloniformes

Adjective

beloniform (comparative more beloniform, superlative most beloniform)

1. Of or pertaining to the order Beloniformes.
   • 1998, Luiz R. Malabarba, Phylogeny and Classification of Neotropical Fishes, page 553:

     However, the loss of the uncinate process is not unique for cyprinodontiforms, but instead synapomorphic for a clade comprising of cyprinodontiforms and beloniforms (Rosen & Parenti, 1981).