needlefish : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: needlefish	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for needlefish
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
needlefish n elongate European surface-dwelling predacious fishes with long toothed jaws; abundant in coastal waters Synonym(s): needlefish, gar, billfish fish with long tubular snout and slim body covered with bony plates Synonym(s): pipefish, needlefish
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Needlefish \Nee"dle*fish`\, n. (Zo[94]l.) (a) The European great pipefich ({Siphostoma, [or] Syngnathus, acus}); -- called also {earl}, and {tanglefish}. (b) The garfish.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Garfish \Gar"fish`\, n. [See {Gar}, n.] (Zo[94]l.) (a) A European marine fish ({Belone vulgaris}); -- called also {gar}, {gerrick}, {greenback}, {greenbone}, {gorebill}, {hornfish}, {longnose}, {mackerel guide}, {sea needle}, and {sea pike}. (b) One of several species of similar fishes of the genus {Tylosurus}, of which one species ({T. marinus}) is common on the Atlantic coast. {T. Caribb[91]us}, a very large species, and {T. crassus}, are more southern; -- called also {needlefish}. Many of the common names of the European garfish are also applied to the American species.