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Definition of Halfbeak
1. Noun. Tropical and subtropical marine and freshwater fishes having an elongated body and long protruding lower jaw.
Group relationships: Family Hemiramphidae, Hemiramphidae
Definition of Halfbeak
1. n. Any slender, marine fish of the genus Hemirhamphus, having the upper jaw much shorter than the lower; -- called also balahoo.
Definition of Halfbeak
1. Noun. (zoology) Any slender, marine fish of the genus Hemirhamphus, having the upper jaw much shorter than the lower; -- called also balahoo. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Halfbeak
1. a marine fish [n -S]
Medical Definition of Halfbeak
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Halfbeak
Literary usage of Halfbeak
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Under Heaven's Brow: Pre-Christian Religious Tradition in Chuuk by Ward Hunt Goodenough (2002)
"Discovering the couple in flagrante, 'halfbeak' killed 'Stamper' and buried him.
A subsequent search by 'Middle of Heaven' for his missing son led to ..."
2. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"To make partially Christian ; convert halfway. [Rare.] Irish kernes. Ruffians
half -clothed, half-human, half-baptized. Southey, Joan of Arc, il. halfbeak ..."
3. Natural Emirates: Wildlife and Environment of the United Arab Emirates by Peter Vine (1996)
"Spotted halfbeak ... Red Sea halfbeak, which is regarded as endemic to the Red
Sea and Gulf of Aden. 20cm. ..."
4. Transactions by Thomas Southwell, Norfolk and Norwich Naturalists' Society (1870)
"European halfbeak. Ouse below Lynn, July 6th, 1868. ... One feature of the halfbeak
appears to have escaped previous observation, as it is not mentioned by ..."
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