HALFBEAK

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 I. (noun) 

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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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