beloniform

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English[edit]

Noun[edit]

beloniform (plural beloniforms)

  1. (zoology) Any fish in the order Beloniformes

Adjective[edit]

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).