HALFBEAK

Meaning of HALFBEAK in English

[half.beak] n (1880): any of various narrow-bodied fishes of warm waters that have an elongated lower jaw and are grouped with the flying fishes (family Exocoetidae) or placed in their own family (Hemiramphidae)

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HALFBEAK — noun Date: 1880 any of various narrow-bodied fishes of warm waters that have an elongated lower jaw and are grouped …
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HALFBEAK — ˈ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun : any of a family (Hemiramphidae) of small elongate fishes resembling the gar, closely allied to the flying …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
HALFBEAK — (n.) Any slender, marine fish of the genus Hemirhamphus, having the upper jaw much shorter than the lower; -- called …
Английский словарь Webster
HALFBEAK — ( n. ) Any slender, marine fish of the genus Hemirhamphus, having the upper jaw much shorter than the lower; …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
HALFBEAK — /haf"beek', hahf"-/ , n. any of several marine fishes of the family Hemiramphidae, having a greatly elongated lower jaw. [ …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
HALFBEAK — noun Date: 1880 : any of various narrow-bodied fishes of warm waters that have an elongated lower jaw and are …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
HALFBEAK — noun any slender, marine fish of the genus hemirhamphus, having the upper jaw much shorter than the lower; called …
Webster English vocab
HALFBEAK — ■ noun a slender coastal fish related to the flying fishes, with the lower jaw lengthened into a beak. [ …
Concise Oxford English vocab
HALFBEAK — any of about 70 species of marine and freshwater fishes of the family Exocoetidae (order Atheriniformes), sometimes placed in the …
Britannica English vocabulary
HALFBEAK — ихт. полурыл; pl полурыловые (Hemirhamphidae) - black-barred halfbeak - jumping halfbeak - long-billed halfbeak - oceanic flying halfbeak - red halfbeak
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HALFBEAK — ихт. полурыл; pl полурыловые ( Hemirhamphidae ) - black-barred halfbeak - jumping halfbeak - long-billed halfbeak - oceanic flying halfbeak …
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HALFBEAK — n. Pronunciation: - ˌ b ē k Function: noun Date: 1880 : any of various narrow-bodied fishes of warm waters …
Merriam Webster Collegiate English Dictionary
RED HALFBEAK — окаймлённый полурыл (Hemirhamphus marginatus)
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OCEANIC FLYING HALFBEAK — океанический полурыл (Euleptorhamphus)
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LONG-BILLED HALFBEAK — длиннорыл, длиннорылый полурыл (Rhynchorhamphus)
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JUMPING HALFBEAK — неритический полурыл (Hemirhamphus archipelagicus)
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BLACK-BARRED HALFBEAK — пятнистый полурыл (Hemirhamphus far)
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IHI — I. ˈē(ˌ)hē noun ( -s ) Etymology: Maori hihi : stitchbird II. noun ( -s ) Etymology: Maori ihe : …
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BEAK — I. ˈbēk noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English bec, from Old French, from Latin beccus, from Gaulish 1. a. …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BALLYHOO — I. ˈbalēˌhü, -li- noun ( -s ) Etymology: origin unknown 1. : an attention-getting demonstration or talk (as by a …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
SEA GARFISH — noun : an Australian pelagic halfbeak ( Hyporhamphus intermedius )
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NEEDLEFISH — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌ ̷ ̷ noun ( plural needlefish or needlefishes ) 1. : any of numerous voracious elongate teleost fishes of Belone and …
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HEMIRAMPH — ˈ ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷ˌram(p)f noun ( -s ) Etymology: New Latin Hemiramphus : a halfbeak of the genus Hemiramphus
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CANDLEFISH — ˈ ̷ ̷d ə lˌfish noun Etymology: so called from the use of the fish as a candle by American Indians 1. …
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BALAO — bəˈlau̇ noun ( -s ) Etymology: Spanish : halfbeak
Webster's New International English Dictionary
BALLYHOO — n. /bal"ee hooh'/ ; v. /bal"ee hooh', bal'ee hooh"/ , n. , pl. ballyhoos , v. , ballyhooed, ballyhooing . …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
BALAO — /beuh low"/ , n. , pl. balaos . a halfbeak, Hemiramphus balao, of tropical western Atlantic seas. [ 1850-55; balajú …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
GAR — any of several large North or Middle American fishes of the genus Lepisosteus, in the family Lepisosteidae. Gars, which are …
Britannica English vocabulary
GARFISH — n. (pl. same) 1 any mainly marine fish of the family Belonidae, esp. Belone belone, having long beaklike jaws with …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
GARFISH — n. (pl. same) 1 any mainly marine fish of the family Belonidae, esp. Belone belone, having long beaklike jaws with …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
GARFISH — n. (pl. same) 1. any mainly marine fish of the family Belonidae, esp. Belone belone, having long beaklike jaws with …
Oxford English vocab
FISH — n. 25B6; noun . See list. piscine, ichthyo-. 25B6; verb some people were fishing in the lake : GO FISHING, …
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