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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
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Pipefish
1. a slender fish [n -ES]
Medical Definition of Pipefish
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Pipefish
Literary usage of Pipefish
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Monthly Review by Ralph Griffiths (1805)
"1 FOLIATED pipefish. ... af- Blackish.olive pipefish, with white »pecks, and
leaf-shaped appendages. ..."
2. The Breeding Habits and the Segmentation of the Egg of the Pipe-fish by Eugene Willis Gudger (1905)
"THE BREEDING HABITS AND THE SEGMENTATION OF THE EGG OF THE pipefish, ... to collect
material for the development of the head skeleton of the pipefish. ..."
3. Library of Natural History by Richard Lydekker (1901)
"In the typical genus Syngnathus, as represented by the great pipefish (S. ...
As an example of a second genus, we may mention the deep-nosed pipefish (S. ..."
4. Fishes by David Starr Jordan (1907)
"Of the pipefish, Syngnathus, there are very many species on all northern coasts.
... is a large pipefish of the Mediterranean. This species was preceded by ..."
5. A Guide to the Study of Fishes by David Starr Jordan (1905)
"Of the pipefish, Syngnathus, there are very many species on all northern coasts.
... is a large pipefish of the Mediterranean. This species was preceded by ..."
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