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Meaning of HALFBEAK

Pronunciation:  'haf`beek

 
WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
[n]  tropical and subtropical marine and freshwater fishes having an elongated body and long protruding lower jaw
 

HALFBEAK is a 8 letter word that starts with H.

 

 See Also: family Hemiramphidae, Hemiramphidae, teleost, teleost fish, teleostan

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Half"beak`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
Any slender, marine fish of the genus {Hemirhamphus}, having
the upper jaw much shorter than the lower; -- called also
{balahoo}.

 

 

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