snipefish n 1: small bottom-dwelling fish of warm seas having a compressed body and a long snout with a toothless mouth [syn: {snipefish}, {bellows fish}]
Snipefish \Snipe"fish`\, n. (Zool.) (a) The bellows fish. (b) A long, slender deep-sea fish ({Nemichthys scolopaceus}) with a slender beak. [1913 Webster]