English Explanatory Dictionary

halfbeak

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any slender, marine fish of the family Hemiramphidae, having the upper jaw much shorter than the lower, the balahoos or ballyhoos.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-halfbeak.wav

Word forms

halfbeak halfbeaks

Etymology

From half + beak.

Derived words

acute halfbeak African halfbeak American halfbeak Asian pencil halfbeak Atlantic silverstripe halfbeak Australian neglected halfbeak balao halfbeak Balinese halfbeak ballyhoo halfbeak Bangkok halfbeak barred halfbeak Bermuda halfbeak bigwing halfbeak black-barred halfbeak Buffon's halfbeak California halfbeak Cape halfbeak Central American halfbeak choelo halfbeak common halfbeak Congaturi halfbeak coral reef halfbeak Dussumier's halfbeak Japanese halfbeak Polynesian halfbeak viviparous halfbeak wrestling halfbeak yellowtip halfbeak
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