Etymology

belonoid

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Today it means: Shaped like a needle. Full definition →

Ancient Greek βελόνη
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The story

  1. Ancient Greek · derived fromβελόνη“a needle”
  2. English todaybelonoid

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

Words from the same roots

Ancient Greekβελόνη all →

belonite

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