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Definition of Pipefish
1. Noun. Fish with long tubular snout and slim body covered with bony plates.
Group relationships: Family Syngnathidae, Syngnathidae
Specialized synonyms: Dwarf Pipefish, Syngnathus Hildebrandi, Cosmocampus Profundus, Deepwater Pipefish, Sea Horse, Seahorse
Generic synonyms: Teleost, Teleost Fish, Teleostan
Definition of Pipefish
1. n. 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.
Definition of Pipefish
1. Noun. a small fish from the seahorse family ¹
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Definition of Pipefish
1. a slender fish [n -ES]
Medical Definition of Pipefish
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