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1. (n.) pipefish
any small, elongated fish of the family Syngnathidae, having a tubular snout and a covering of bony plates.
Etymology: (1760–70)
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1. (noun) pipefish, needlefish
fish with long tubular snout and slim body covered with bony plates
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1. (noun) pipefish
any lophobranch fish of the genus Siphostoma, or Syngnathus, and allied genera, having a long and very slender angular body, covered with bony plates. The mouth is small, at the end of a long, tubular snout. The male has a pouch on his belly, in which the incubation of the eggs takes place
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