Meaning of PIPEFISH
| Pronunciation: | | p'Ipf`ish
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| | Definition: | | [n] fish with long tubular snout and slim body covered with bony plates |
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| | Synonyms: | | needlefish |
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| | See Also: | | Cosmocampus profundus, deepwater pipefish, dwarf pipefish, family Syngnathidae, sea horse, seahorse, Syngnathidae, Syngnathus hildebrandi, teleost, teleost fish, teleostan | |
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| | Definition: | | \Pipe"fish`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
Any lophobranch fish of the genus {Siphostoma}, or
{Syngnathus}, and allied genera, having a long and very
slender angular body, covered with bony plates. The mouth is
small, at the end of a long, tubular snout. The male has a
pouch on his belly, in which the incubation of the eggs takes
place.
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