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Definition of Snipefish
1. Noun. Small bottom-dwelling fish of warm seas having a compressed body and a long snout with a toothless mouth.
Group relationships: Family Macrorhamphosidae, Macrorhamphosidae
Generic synonyms: Teleost, Teleost Fish, Teleostan
Definition of Snipefish
1. n. The bellows fish.
Definition of Snipefish
1. Noun. Either of the two species of fish of the ''Macroramphosus '' genus ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Medical Definition of Snipefish
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Snipefish
Literary usage of Snipefish
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Fishes by David Starr Jordan (1907)
"The dorsal has a very long serrated spine, besides several shorter ones, and the
ventral fins have one spine and five rays. The snipefish, or woodcock-fish, ..."
2. Natal: The Land and Its Story by Robert Russell (1903)
"The best-known are shad, rock-cod, mullet, mackerel, bream, snipefish, and soles.
Sharks, stingrays, and electrical torpedoes are not at all uncommon. ..."
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