Hypertext Webster Gateway: "pipefish"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Pipefish \Pipe"fish`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
pipefish
n : fish with long tubular snout and slim body covered with bony
plates [syn: {needlefish}]
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