belonoid

English

Etymology

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

Adjective

belonoid (comparative more belonoid, superlative most belonoid)

  1. 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.
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