Link Centre Dictionary

needlefish

need·le·fish

UK/ˈniː.dəl.fɪʃ/ US/ˈnidʌˌlfɪʃ/ uncommon

noun

1.

elongate European surface-dwelling predacious fishes with long toothed jaws; abundant in coastal waters

Synonyms
2.

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

Synonyms

Origin

From needle + fish.

Related words

Broader terms

Narrower terms

Parts

WordNet 2.1 (Princeton University). Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. WordNet 2.1 Copyright Princeton University. All rights reserved. Wiktionary content is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike Licence.