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snipe·fish  (snpfsh)

n. pl. snipefish or snipe·fish·es

Any of various small marine fishes of the family Macrorhamphosidae, found in tropical and temperate regions and characterized by a long snout and a very long spine extending from the dorsal fin backward toward the tail.

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snipefish [ˈsnaɪpˌfɪʃ]

n pl -fish, -fishes

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) 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

[so called because of the resemblance between its snout and a snipe's bill]

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snipefish - small bottom-dwelling fish of warm seas having a compressed body and a long snout with a toothless mouth bellows fish family Macrorhamphosidae, Macrorhamphosidae - bellows fishes teleost, teleost fish, teleostan - a bony fish of the subclass Teleostei