About The Word Needlefish
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Needlefish
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What's The Definition Of Needlefish?
[n] fish with long tubular snout and slim body covered with bony plates
[n] elongate European surface-dwelling predacious fishes with long toothed jaws; abundant in coastal waters Synonyms | Synonyms for Needlefish: billfish | gar | pipefish Related Terms | Find terms related to Needlefish: See Also | Belonidae | Cosmocampus profundus | deepwater pipefish | dwarf pipefish | family Belonidae | family Syngnathidae | sea horse | seahorse | Syngnathidae | Syngnathus hildebrandi | teleost | teleost fish | teleostan | timucu Needlefish In Webster's Dictionary \Nee"dle*fish`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The European great pipefich ({Siphostoma, or Syngnathus,
acus}); -- called also {earl}, and {tanglefish}.
(b) The garfish.
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