The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
snipe fish — snipe fish, 1. any one of various fish having long, tubular snouts resembling a snipe s beak. 2. = snipe eel. (Cf. ↑snipe eel) … Useful english dictionary
snipe-fish — n. Trumpet fish, bellows fish (Centriscus scolopax) … New dictionary of synonyms
snipe-fish — … Useful english dictionary
snipe — n. & v. n. (pl. same or snipes) any of various wading birds, esp. of the genus Gallinago, with a long straight bill and frequenting marshes. v. 1 intr. fire shots from hiding usu. at long range. 2 tr. kill by sniping. 3 intr. (foll. by at) make a … Useful english dictionary
Snipe eel — Snipe eels Slender Snipe Eel, Nemichthys scolopaceus Scientific classification Kingdom … Wikipedia
fish — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) I v. angle; pull out, dredge; solicit; search. See pursuit, desire, fish, food. II Aquatic vertebrate animal Nouns 1. fish, denizen of the deep, Pisces; anadromous, freshwater or saltwater fish, tropical … English dictionary for students
snipe eel — noun : any of various long very slender deep sea eels of the family Nemichthyidae having long sometimes recurved beaks called also thread eel * * * snipe eel, a slender, eellike, marine fish, up to 3 feet long, with a speckled, pale back, and… … Useful english dictionary
Bellows fish — Bel lows fish (Zo[ o]l.) A European fish ({Centriscus scolopax}), distinguished by a long tubular snout, like the pipe of a bellows; called also {trumpet fish}, and {snipe fish}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
trumpet fish — Bellows fish Bel lows fish (Zo[ o]l.) A European fish ({Centriscus scolopax}), distinguished by a long tubular snout, like the pipe of a bellows; called also {trumpet fish}, and {snipe fish}. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
trumpet-fish — n. Snipe fish, bellows fish (Centriscus scolopax) … New dictionary of synonyms
