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Meaning of SNIPEFISH

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [n]  small bottom-dwelling fish of warm seas having a compressed body and a long snout with a toothless mouth
 
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 Synonyms: bellows fish
 
 See Also: family Macrorhamphosidae, Macrorhamphosidae, teleost, teleost fish, teleostan

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Snipe"fish`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
   (a) The bellows fish.
   (b) A long, slender deep-sea fish ({Nemichthys
       scolopaceus}) with a slender beak.
 
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