Snipefish

2 definitions found

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

  Snipefish \Snipe"fish`\, n. (Zool.)
        (a) The bellows fish.
        (b) A long, slender deep-sea fish ({Nemichthys
            scolopaceus}) with a slender beak.
            [1913 Webster]



From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  snipefish
       n : small bottom-dwelling fish of warm seas having a compressed
           body and a long snout with a toothless mouth [syn: {bellows
           fish}]
       [also: {snipefishes} (pl)]