Pipefish

2 definitions found

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

  Pipefish \Pipe"fish`\, n. (Zool.)
     Any lophobranch fish of the genus {Siphostoma}, or
     {Syngnathus}, and allied genera, having a long and very
     slender angular body, covered with bony plates. The mouth is
     small, at the end of a long, tubular snout. The male has a
     pouch on his belly, in which the incubation of the eggs takes


     place.
     [1913 Webster] Pipelayer

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  pipefish
       n : fish with long tubular snout and slim body covered with bony
           plates [syn: {needlefish}]
       [also: {pipefishes} (pl)]