belonoid

English

Etymology

From 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.