Needlefish

3 definitions found

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

  Garfish \Gar"fish`\, n. [See {Gar}, n.] (Zool.)
     (a) A European marine fish ({Belone vulgaris}); -- called
         also {gar}, {gerrick}, {greenback}, {greenbone},
         {gorebill}, {hornfish}, {longnose}, {mackerel guide},
         {sea needle}, and {sea pike}.
     (b) One of several species of similar fishes of the genus


         {Tylosurus}, of which one species ({T. marinus}) is
         common on the Atlantic coast. {T. Caribb[ae]us}, a very
         large species, and {T. crassus}, are more southern; --
         called also {needlefish}. Many of the common names of the
         European garfish are also applied to the American
         species.
         [1913 Webster]

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

  Needlefish \Nee"dle*fish`\, n. (Zool.)
        (a) The European great pipefish ({Siphostoma acus} or
            {Syngnathus acus}); -- called also {earl}, and
            {tanglefish}.
        (b) The garfish.
            [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  needlefish
       n 1: elongate European surface-dwelling predacious fishes with
            long toothed jaws; abundant in coastal waters [syn: {gar},
             {billfish}]
       2: fish with long tubular snout and slim body covered with bony
          plates [syn: {pipefish}]
       [also: {needlefishes} (pl)]