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English Dictionary: pipefish by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
pipefish
n
  1. fish with long tubular snout and slim body covered with bony plates
    Synonym(s): pipefish, needlefish
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Pipefish \Pipe"fish`\, n. (Zo[94]l.)
      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.
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