beloniform

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noun

Any fish in the order Beloniformes

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Meanings

nounbeloniform (plural beloniforms)

plural beloniforms

  1. biologyAny fish in the order Beloniformes
adjectivebeloniform (comparative more beloniform, superlative most beloniform)

comparative more beloniform · superlative most beloniform

  1. Of or pertaining to the order Beloniformes.

    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).

    1998, Luiz R. Malabarba, Phylogeny and Classification of Neotropical Fishes, page 553
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