pipefish

noun

Meaning

A small fish of the seahorse family, having a long thin body covered with partially ossified plates, the head long, and the jaws elongated so as to form a tubular snout.

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Related words

needlefish(English)pipe-fish(English)billfish(English)boxfish(English)filefish(English)tilefish(English)snailfish(English)bandfish(English)demersal(English)ovoviviparous(English)eelgrass(English)seahorse(English)

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