| 单词 | snipefish |
| 释义 | snipefish[ snahyp-fish ] / ˈsnaɪpˌfɪʃ / noun, plural (especially collectively) snipe·fish, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) snipe·fish·es.any of several fishes of the family Macrorhamphosidae, of tropical and temperate seas, having a long, tubular snout and a compressed body. Also called bellows fish. Origin of snipefishFirst recorded in 1660–70; snipe + fish Words nearby snipefishsnigging chain, sniggle, sniglet, snip, snipe, snipefish, snipe fly, sniper, sniperscope, snipper, snippet Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 British Dictionary definitions for snipefishsnipefish / (ˈsnaɪpˌfɪʃ) / noun plural -fish or -fishesany 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 Word Origin for snipefishC17: so called because of the resemblance between its snout and a snipe's bill Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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