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HALFBEAK
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Dictionary entry overview: What does halfbeak mean?
• HALFBEAK (noun)
The noun HALFBEAK has 1 sense:
1. tropical and subtropical marine and freshwater fishes having an elongated body and long protruding lower jaw
Familiarity information: HALFBEAK used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tropical and subtropical marine and freshwater fishes having an elongated body and long protruding lower jaw
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("halfbeak" is a kind of...):
teleost; teleost fish; teleostan (a bony fish of the subclass Teleostei)
Holonyms ("halfbeak" is a member of...):
family Hemiramphidae; Hemiramphidae (halfbeaks; marine and freshwater fishes closely related to the flying fishes but not able to glide)
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