needlefish

needlefish
    n 1: elongate European surface-dwelling predacious fishes with
         long toothed jaws; abundant in coastal waters [syn:
         {needlefish}, {gar}, {billfish}]
    2: fish with long tubular snout and slim body covered with bony
       plates [syn: {pipefish}, {needlefish}]
    

Garfish \Gar"fish`\, n. [See {Gar}, n.] (Zool.)
   (a) A European marine fish ({Belone vulgaris}); -- called
       also {gar}, {gerrick}, {greenback}, {greenbone},
       {gorebill}, {hornfish}, {longnose}, {mackerel guide},
       {sea needle}, and {sea pike}.
   (b) One of several species of similar fishes of the genus
       {Tylosurus}, of which one species ({T. marinus}) is
       common on the Atlantic coast. {T. Caribb[ae]us}, a very
       large species, and {T. crassus}, are more southern; --
       called also {needlefish}. Many of the common names of the
       European garfish are also applied to the American
       species.
       [1913 Webster]
    

Needlefish \Nee"dle*fish`\, n. (Zool.)
      (a) The European great pipefish ({Siphostoma acus} or
          {Syngnathus acus}); -- called also {earl}, and
          {tanglefish}.
      (b) The garfish.
          [1913 Webster]