halfbeak

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Noun

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun halfbeak has 1 sense

halfbeak(n = noun.animal) - tropical and subtropical marine and freshwater fishes having an elongated body and long protruding lower jaw;

is a member of family hemiramphidae, hemiramphidae

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CIDE DICTIONARY

halfbeak, n.

Any slender, marine fish of the genus Hemirhamphus, or of the family Hemiramphidae, having an elongated protruding lower jaw; -- called also balahoo. [1913 Webster]