Definition of Pipefishes

1. Noun. (plural of pipefish) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Pipefishes

1. pipefish [n] - See also: pipefish

Lexicographical Neighbors of Pipefishes

pipebomb
pipebombs
pipeclay
pipeclayed
pipeclaying
pipeclays
pipecolic acid
pipecolinic acid
pipecuronium
pipecuronium bromide
piped
piped down
pipedream
pipedreams
pipefish
pipefishes (current term)
pipefitter
pipefitters
pipefitting
pipeful
pipefuls
pipelay
pipelayer
pipelayers
pipelaying
pipeless
pipelike
pipeline
pipeline company
pipelined

Literary usage of Pipefishes

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Natural Emirates: Wildlife and Environment of the United Arab Emirates by Peter Vine (1996)
"SYNGNATHIDAE pipefishes AND SEAHORSES pipefishes and seahorses are small fishes whose bodies are encased in bony rings. Distantly related to the ..."

2. Library of Natural History by Richard Lydekker (1901)
"All the pipefishes are carnivorous in their diet; and it is stated that in those species ... The pipefishes swim about slowly in a very peculiar manner, ..."

3. The Encyclopedia Americana: A Library of Universal Knowledge (1919)
"... while in the latter the fin is absent and the tail prehensile. Several genera of pipefishes occur in American waters, the principal one being ..."

4. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1903)
"As to this, it may be urged that it is not clear that any close affinity exists between Lampris and the others (sticklebacks, pipefishes, sea horses and sea ..."

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