HALFBEAK - Definition

Pronunciation:		'haf`beek
WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[n] tropical and subtropical marine and freshwater fishes having an elongated body and long protruding lower jaw

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	See Also:	family Hemiramphidae, Hemiramphidae, teleost, teleost fish, teleostan

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

	Definition:	\Half"beak`\, n. (Zo["o]l.) Any slender, marine fish of the genus {Hemirhamphus}, having the upper jaw much shorter than the lower; -- called also {balahoo}.