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HALFBEAK
halfbeak
(noun) tropical and subtropical marine and freshwater fishes having an elongated body and long protruding lower jaw
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
halfbeak (plural halfbeaks)
(zoology) Any slender, marine fish of the family Hemiramphidae, having the upper jaw much shorter than the lower, the balahoo or ballyhoos.
Source: Wiktionary
Half"beak`, n. (Zoöl.)
Definition: Any slender, marine fish of the genus Hemirhamphus, having the upper jaw much shorter than the lower; -- called also balahoo.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(noun) an intellectual hold or understanding; “a good grip on French history”; “they kept a firm grip on the two top priorities”; “he was in the grip of a powerful emotion”; “a terrible power had her in its grasp”
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