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Snipefish
Either of the two species of fish of the Macroramphosus genus.
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Either of the two species of fish of the Macroramphosus genus.
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| bellows fishnoun | small bottom-dwelling fish of warm seas having a compressed body and a long snout with a toothless mouth |
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Snipefish"
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| Word | Definition |
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| bellows fishnoun | small bottom-dwelling fish of warm seas having a compressed body and a long snout with a toothless mouth |
| longspine snipefishnoun | A moderately elongate snipefish with a tubular snout equal to about a quarter of the total body length and a dorsal spine, of species Macroramphosus scolopax. |
| trumpetfishnoun | Any of the fish in the family Aulostomidae family of tube-shaped fish. |
| snipe eelnoun | Any of the family Nemichthyidae of eels. |
| snailfishnoun | Any member of the Liparidae, a family of scorpaeniform marine fish. |
| snooknoun | A freshwater and marine fish of the family Centropomidae in the order Perciformes. |
| snappernoun | One who, or that which, snaps. |
| macroramphosidnoun | (zoology) Any fish in the family Macroramphosidae. |
| seasnailnoun | The snailfish (family Liparidae). |
| boarfishnoun | Any of a number of fish that have a projecting snout, in either of two families: |
| filefishnoun | Any fish of the family Monacanthidae, with very slender bodies. |
| red snappernoun | Any of several Atlantic foodfishes, of the genus Lutjanus, that have reddish bodies |
| lane snappernoun | The fish Lutjanus synagris. |
| hornfishnoun | A garfish or sea needle. |
| weatherfishnoun | A loach of the genus Misgurnus |
| sea snipenoun | (dated) A sandpiper. |
| snakefishnoun | Any of the several fish that resemble a snake. |
| weakfishnoun | Any of several species of game fish, of the genus Cynoscion, found in North American waters. |
| pipefishnoun | 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. |
| fusiliernoun | (British) A soldier in any of several regiments that once fought with such weapons. |
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