| NOUN | animal | needlefish, gar, billfish | elongate European surface-dwelling predacious fishes with long toothed jaws |
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| animal | needlefish, pipefish | fish with long tubular snout and slim body covered with bony plates |
| Sounds | niy'dahlfih.sh | |
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| Rhymes | abolish ... Yiddish: 161 rhymes with ihsh... | |
| Meaning | elongate European surface-dwelling predacious fishes with long toothed jaws; abundant in coastal waters. | |
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| Synonyms | gar, billfish | |
| Member of | Belonidae, family Belonidae | ferocious fishes of warm regions resembling but unrelated to the freshwater gars |
| Narrower | timucu | Found in warm waters of western Atlantic |
| Broader | teleost fish, teleost, teleostan | A bony fish of the subclass Teleostei |
| Spanish | agujón, belonidae | |
| Meaning | fish with long tubular snout and slim body covered with bony plates. | |
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| Synonym | pipefish | |
| Member of | Syngnathidae, family Syngnathidae | pipefishes |
| Narrower | deepwater pipefish, Cosmocampus profundus | A fish 8 inches long |
| dwarf pipefish, Syngnathus hildebrandi | small (4 inches) fish found off the Florida Gulf Coast | |
| seahorse, sea horse | small fish with horse-like heads bent sharply downward and curled tails | |
| Broader | teleost fish, teleost, teleostan | A bony fish of the subclass Teleostei |
| Spanish | pez pipa | |
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