belong (belong)

i. [ Her hap was to light on a part of the field belonging unto Boaz. Ruth ii. 3. IMG:content-1912.png:[blocks in formation] of the family Belonida. Belonidæ (be-lon'i-de 'i-dē), n. pl. [NL., Silver Garfish ( Tylosurus longirostris). elongate stout body, oblong wide head flattened above and terminating in long stout jaws, the upper of which is composed of the coalesced in term axillaries, supra maxillaries, and facial bones, while the lower has an additional bone behind. The vertebræ have zygapophyses, and the bones are generally green. The species are called garpikes, garfish, or gars. The English species is a member of the genus Belone, B. vulgar is, but those of the United States belong to the genus Tylosurus, of which there are nine species, as T. mar in us, T. cra us, T. exilis, T. longirostris, etc.