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 Definitions of pipefish  [ˈpaɪpˌfɪʃ]  

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Definition of 'pipefish' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (n.) pipefish
any small, elongated fish of the family Syngnathidae, having a tubular snout and a covering of bony plates.

Etymology:  (1760–70)

Definition of 'pipefish' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) pipefish, needlefish
fish with long tubular snout and slim body covered with bony plates


Definition of 'pipefish' Webster Dictionary 

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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