SNIPEFISH

snipefish, bellows fish

(noun) small bottom-dwelling fish of warm seas having a compressed body and a long snout with a toothless mouth

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

snipefish (plural snipefishes or snipefish)

Either of the two species of fish of the Macroramphosus genus.

Anagrams

• penis fish, pinfishes

Source: Wiktionary


Snipe"fish`, n. (Zoöl.) (a) The bellows fish. (b) A long, slender deep-sea fish (Nemichthys scolopaceus) with a slender beak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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