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belonoid

belonoid adjective: shaped like a needle.

Adjective

belonoid (comparative more belonoid, superlative most belonoid)

  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

Forms of belonoid

comparativemore belonoid
superlativemost belonoid

Origin of belonoid

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

Questions about belonoid

What does belonoid mean?
Belonoid means shaped like a needle.
What part of speech is belonoid?
Belonoid is an adjective.

Words near belonoid in the dictionary

  1. belonids
  2. beloniform
  3. beloniforms
  4. belonite
  5. belonites
  6. belonoid
  7. belontiid
  8. belontiids
  9. Belooch
  10. Beloochee
  11. Beloochees

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