- family Macrorhamphosidae
- nounbellows fishes• Syn: ↑Macrorhamphosidae• Hypernyms: ↑fish family• Member Holonyms: ↑Solenichthyes, ↑order Solenichthyes• Member Meronyms: ↑snipefish, ↑bellows fish
Useful english dictionary. 2012.
family Macrorhamphosidae
Look at other dictionaries:
Macrorhamphosidae — noun bellows fishes • Syn: ↑family Macrorhamphosidae • Hypernyms: ↑fish family • Member Holonyms: ↑Solenichthyes, ↑order Solenichthyes • Member Meronyms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
fish family — noun any of various families of fish • Hypernyms: ↑family • Hyponyms: ↑Cobitidae, ↑family Cobitidae, ↑Cyprinidae, ↑family Cyprinidae, ↑Electrophoridae, ↑family Electrophori … Useful english dictionary
gasterosteiform — ▪ fish order Introduction any member of the order Gasterosteiformes, a group of fishes characterized generally by soft fin rays, pelvic fins located on the abdomen, an air bladder without a duct to the gut, and a primitive kidney. Gill… … Universalium
bellows fish — noun small bottom dwelling fish of warm seas having a compressed body and a long snout with a toothless mouth • Syn: ↑snipefish • Hypernyms: ↑teleost fish, ↑teleost, ↑teleostan • Member Holonyms: ↑Macrorhamphosidae, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
snipefish — noun small bottom dwelling fish of warm seas having a compressed body and a long snout with a toothless mouth • Syn: ↑bellows fish • Hypernyms: ↑teleost fish, ↑teleost, ↑teleostan • Member Holonyms: ↑Macrorhamphosidae, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
order Solenichthyes — noun bellows fishes; shrimpfishes; cornetfishes; pipefishes; small order of chiefly tropical marine fishes of varied and bizarre form all having a small mouth at the end of a drawn out tubular snout • Syn: ↑Solenichthyes • Hypernyms: ↑animal… … Useful english dictionary
Solenichthyes — noun bellows fishes; shrimpfishes; cornetfishes; pipefishes; small order of chiefly tropical marine fishes of varied and bizarre form all having a small mouth at the end of a drawn out tubular snout • Syn: ↑order Solenichthyes • Hypernyms:… … Useful english dictionary
snipefish — /snuyp fish /, n., pl. (esp. collectively) snipefish, (esp. referring to two or more kinds or species) snipefishes. any of several fishes of the family Macrorhamphosidae, of tropical and temperate seas, having a long, tubular snout and a… … Universalium
snipe — n. & v. n. (pl. same or snipes) any of various wading birds, esp. of the genus Gallinago, with a long straight bill and frequenting marshes. v. 1 intr. fire shots from hiding usu. at long range. 2 tr. kill by sniping. 3 intr. (foll. by at) make a … Useful english dictionary
snipefish — noun (plural same or snipefishes) a marine fish that has a long, slender snout with the mouth at the tip. [Family Macrorhamphosidae.] … English new terms dictionary
