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pipe·fish  (ppfsh)

n. pl. pipefish or pipe·fish·es

Any of various slim elongated fishes of the family Syngnathidae, living in temperate and warm seas and characterized by a tubelike snout and an external covering of bony plates.

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pipefish [ˈpaɪpˌfɪʃ]

n pl -fish, -fishes

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / 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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pipefish - fish with long tubular snout and slim body covered with bony plates needlefish 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 sea horse, seahorse - small fish with horse-like heads bent sharply downward and curled tails; swim in upright position teleost, teleost fish, teleostan - a bony fish of the subclass Teleostei