ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun
( plural needlefish or needlefishes )
1. : any of numerous voracious elongate teleost fishes of Belone and related genera that resemble superficially but are not related to the freshwater ganoids, that are green and silvery in color with even the bones often bright green, and that include a common European fish ( Belone belone ) and well-known American forms belonging to the genus Tylosurus — called also billfish, gar
2. : any of various other slender elongated fishes (as a halfbeak or a pipefish) with projecting jaws
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