pipefish

English

noun
Definitions
  • A small fish of the seahorse family, having a long thin body covered with partially ossified plates, the head long, and the jaws elongated so as to form a tubular snout.

Etymology

Compound from English pipe (smoking pipe) + English fish (get hold of an object).

Origin

English

fish

Gloss

get hold of an object

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