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pipefish

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • CMU ARPABET: P AY1 P F IH2 SH Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

A small fish of subfamily Syngnathinae in the seahorse family, having a long thin body covered with partially ossified plates, the head long, and the jaws elongated so as to form a tubular snout.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: needlefish

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: teleost fish, teleost, teleostan

Narrower terms: dwarf pipefish, Syngnathus hildebrandi, deepwater pipefish, Cosmocampus profundus, seahorse, sea horse

History

Etymology

From pipe + fish.

Across languages

Translations

19 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Asturian: caballu de mar — small fish
  • Asturian: culiebra de mar — small fish
  • Asturian: serpentina — small fish
  • Bulgarian: морска игла (morska igla) — small fish
  • Catalan: agulleta — small fish
  • Finnish: merineula — small fish
  • French: syngnathe — small fish
  • German: Seenadel — small fish
  • Ingrian: tuulenneegla — small fish
  • Irish: snáthaid mhara — small fish
  • Italian: pesce pipa — small fish
  • Korean: 실고기 (silgogi) — small fish
  • Norman: longnez — small fish
  • Polish: iglicznia — small fish
  • Portuguese: peixe-cachimbo — small fish
  • Russian: морска́я игла́ (morskája iglá) — small fish
  • Serbo-Croatian: šilo — small fish
  • Spanish: pez aguja — small fish
  • Turkish: yılaniğnesi — small fish