pipefish

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A small fish of subfamily Syngnathinae in the seahorse family, having a long thin body covered with partially ossified plates, the head long, and the jaws elongated so as to form a tubular snout.

Word forms

pipefish pipefishes pipe-fish

Etymology

From pipe + fish.

Derived words

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