Halfbeak

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Halfbeak \Half"beak`\ (h[aum]f"b[=e]k), n. (Zool.)
     Any slender, marine fish of the genus {Hemirhamphus}, or of
     the family {Hemiramphidae}, having an elongated protruding
     lower jaw; -- called also {balahoo}.
     [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  halfbeak
       n : tropical and subtropical marine and freshwater fishes having
           an elongated body and long protruding lower jaw