halfbeak

half·beak

 (hăf′bēk′, häf′-)

n.

Any of various slender, chiefly marine fishes of the family Hemiramphidae of warm waters, having a blue or green and silvery body and an elongated lower jaw that often has a bright red or orange tip.

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halfbeak

(ˈhɑːfˌbiːk)

n

(Animals) any marine and freshwater teleost fish of the tropical and subtropical family Hemiramphidae, having an elongated body with a short upper jaw and a long protruding lower jaw

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halfbeak - tropical and subtropical marine and freshwater fishes having an elongated body and long protruding lower jaw teleost, teleost fish, teleostan - a bony fish of the subclass Teleostei family Hemiramphidae, Hemiramphidae - halfbeaks; marine and freshwater fishes closely related to the flying fishes but not able to glide

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