snipefish
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snipefish
(ˈsnaɪpˌfɪʃ)n, pl -fish or -fishes
(Animals) any teleost fish of the family Macrorhamphosidae, of tropical and temperate seas, having a deep body, long snout, and a single long dorsal fin: order Solenichthyes (sea horses, etc). Also called: bellows fish
[C17: so called because of the resemblance between its snout and a snipe's bill]
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Noun 1. [画像:snipefish - small bottom-dwelling fish of warm seas having a compressed body and a long snout with a toothless mouth]snipefish - small bottom-dwelling fish of warm seas having a compressed body and a long snout with a toothless mouth
family Macrorhamphosidae, Macrorhamphosidae - bellows fishes
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