snipefish

[ snahyp-fish ]

/ ˈsnaɪpˌfɪʃ /

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noun, plural (especially collectively) snipe·fish, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) snipe·fish·es.

any of several fishes of the family Macrorhamphosidae, of tropical and temperate seas, having a long, tubular snout and a compressed body.

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Also called bellows fish.

Origin of snipefish

First recorded in 1660–70; snipe + fish

Words nearby snipefish

snigging chain, sniggle, sniglet, snip, snipe, snipefish, snipe fly, sniper, sniperscope, snipper, snippet

British Dictionary definitions for snipefish

snipefish

/ (ˈsnaɪpˌfɪʃ) /

noun plural -fish or -fishes

any teleost fish of the family Macrorhamphosidae, of tropical and temperate seas, having a deep body, long snout, and a single long dorsal fin: order Solenichthyes (sea horses, etc)Also called: bellows fish

Word Origin for snipefish

C17: so called because of the resemblance between its snout and a snipe's bill

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