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pipe·fish
(pīp′fĭsh′)n. pl. pipefish or pipe·fish·es
Any of various slim fishes of the subfamily Syngnathinae chiefly of marine waters, having a tubelike snout and an elongated body encased in bony rings.
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pipefish
(ˈpaɪpˌfɪʃ)n, pl -fish or -fishes
(Animals) any of various teleost fishes of the genera Nerophis, Syngnathus, etc, having a long tubelike snout and an elongated body covered with bony plates: family Syngnathidae. Also called: needlefish
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pipe•fish
(ˈpaɪpˌfɪʃ)n., pl. (esp. collectively) -fish, (esp. for kinds or species) -fish•es.
any small, elongated fish of the family Syngnathidae, having a tubular snout and a covering of bony plates.
[1760–70]
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Noun | 1. | pipefish - fish with long tubular snout and slim body covered with bony plates family Syngnathidae, Syngnathidae - pipefishes dwarf pipefish, Syngnathus hildebrandi - small (4 inches) fish found off the Florida Gulf Coast Cosmocampus profundus, deepwater pipefish - a fish 8 inches long; found from eastern Florida to western Caribbean |
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