NEEDLEFISH

pipefish, needlefish

(noun) fish with long tubular snout and slim body covered with bony plates

needlefish, gar, billfish

(noun) elongate European surface-dwelling predacious fishes with long toothed jaws; abundant in coastal waters

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

needlefish (plural needlefish or needlefishes)

Slender fish, in the family Belonidae, usually found in shallow marine habitats.

Source: Wiktionary


Nee"dle*fish`, n. (Zoöl.) (a) The European great pipefich (Siphostoma, or Syngnathus, acus); -- called also earl, and tanglefish. (b) The garfish.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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