Meaning

1 senses
  1. Any of certain species of slender fish, principally of the family Belonidae, many usually found in shallow marine habitats.

    Hornhecht

    игла́-ры́баiglá-rýba, морска́я игла́morskája iglá, сарга́нsargán

    сарга́нsarhán, го́лка-ри́баhólka-rýba

More definitions
  • elongate European surface-dwelling predacious fishes with long toothed jaws; abundant in coastal waters
  • fish with long tubular snout and slim body covered with bony plates

Translations

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Origin

From needle + fish.

From needle + fish.

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Forms

plural: needlefish / needlefishes
Singularneedlefish
Pluralneedlefish / needlefishes

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Synonyms

3 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • elongate European surface-dwelling predacious fishes with long toothed jaws; abundant in coastal waters:garbillfish
  • fish with long tubular snout and slim body covered with bony plates:pipefish

Word family

2 related words

See also

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