pipefish
pipefish · pipefishes · pipefish
морская игла
Seenadel
A small fish of subfamily Syngnathinae in the seahorse family, having a long thin body…A small fish of subfamily Syngnathinae in the seahorse family, having a long thin body covered with partially ossified plates, the head long, and the jaws elongated so as to form a tubular snout.
US/pˈaɪpfˌɪʃ/
Meaning
1 sensesA small fish of subfamily Syngnathinae in the seahorse family, having a long thin body covered with partially ossified plates, the head long, and the jaws elongated so as to form a tubular snout.
Seenadel
морска́я игла́morskája iglá
fish with long tubular snout and slim body covered with bony plates
Translations
8 languagesРусский
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Deutsch
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small fish:
Origin
From pipe + fish.From pipe + fish.
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Forms
plural: pipefishes / pipefishSynonyms
1 synonymsClose in meaning
- fish with long tubular snout and slim body covered with bony plates:needlefish
Word family
1 related wordsDerivedorange pipefish
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular