halfbeak n 1: tropical and subtropical marine and freshwater fishes having an elongated body and long protruding lower jaw
Halfbeak \Half"beak`\ (h[aum]f"b[=e]k), n. (Zool.) Any slender, marine fish of the genus {Hemirhamphus}, or of the family {Hemiramphidae}, having an elongated protruding lower jaw; -- called also {balahoo}. [1913 Webster]