belone

Founding-era definition · Webster's 1828 American Dictionary

BELO'NE, noun [Gr. a needle.] The gar, garfish, or sea-needle, a species of Esox. It grows to the length of two or three feet, with long pointed jaws, the edges of which are armed with small teeth.
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