pipefish

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noun

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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needlefish
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Meanings

nounpipefish (plural pipefishes or pipefish)

plural pipefishes · alternative pipe-fish

  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.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounfish with long tubular snout and slim body covered with bony plates

Similar
needlefish
Broader
teleost fishteleostteleostan
Also see
needlefish

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

From pipe + fish.

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Translations

Bulgarian морска игла
  • морска игла (morska igla)small fish
Catalan agulleta
  • agulletasmall fish
Finnish merineula
  • merineulasmall fish
French syngnathe
  • syngnathesmall fish
German Seenadel
  • Seenadelsmall fish
Irish snáthaid mhara
  • snáthaid mharasmall fish
Italian pesce pipa
  • pesce pipasmall fish
Korean 실고기
  • 실고기 (silgogi)small fish
Polish iglicznia
  • igliczniasmall fish
Portuguese peixe-cachimbo
  • peixe-cachimbosmall fish
Russian морска́я игла́
  • морска́я игла́ (morskája iglá)small fish
Spanish pez aguja
  • pez agujasmall fish
Turkish yılaniğnesi
  • yılaniğnesismall fish
Cite this entry
APA

pipefish. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pipefish

MLA

“pipefish.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pipefish. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “pipefish,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/pipefish.

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