pipefish

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Etymology

From pipe +‎ fish.

Noun

pipefish (plural pipefishes or pipefish)

  1. A small fish of subfamily Syngnathinae in the seahorse family, having a long thin body covered with partially ossified plates, the head long, and the jaws elongated so as to form a tubular snout.

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