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Needlefish

Needlefish Meaning & Definition
Needlefish Definition And Meaning

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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