halfbeak

Noun

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Noun (1)

  1. tropical and subtropical marine and freshwater fishes having an elongated body and long protruding lower jawType of teleost fish, teleostMember of Hemiramphidae, family Hemiramphidae
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Half′beak′ (häf′bēk), noun

Zoology Any slender, marine fish of the genus Hemirhamphus, or of the family Hemiramphidae, having an elongated protruding lower jaw; — called also balahoo.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54

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