halfbeak
English
Halfbeak
Noun
halfbeak (plural halfbeaks)
- (zoology) Any slender, marine fish of the family Hemiramphidae, having the upper jaw much shorter than the lower, the balahoos or ballyhoos.
Derived terms
- acute halfbeak (Hyporhamphus acutus)
- African halfbeak (Hyporhamphus picarti)
- American halfbeak (Hyporhamphus meeki)
- Asian pencil halfbeak (Hyporhamphus intermedius)
- Atlantic silverstripe halfbeak (Hyporhamphus unifasciatus)
- Australian neglected halfbeak (Hyporhamphus neglectissimus)
- balao halfbeak (Hemiramphus balao)
- Balinese halfbeak (Hyporhamphus balinensis)
- ballyhoo halfbeak (Hemiramphus balao)
- ballyhoo halfbeak (Hemiramphus brasiliensis)
- Bangkok halfbeak (Zenarchopterus pappenheimi) (India)
- barred halfbeak (Hemiramphus marginatus)
- barred halfbeak (Hemiramphus far)
- Bermuda halfbeak (Hemiramphus bermudensis)
- bigwing halfbeak (Oxyporhamphus micropterus)
- black-barred halfbeak (Hemiramphus far)
- Buffon's halfbeak (Zenarchopterus buffonis)
- California halfbeak (Hyporhamphus rosae)
- Cape halfbeak (Hyporhamphus capensis)
- Central American halfbeak (Hyporhamphus roberti hildebrandi)
- choelo halfbeak (Hyporhamphus gilli)
- common halfbeak (Hyporhamphus unifasciatus)
- common halfbeak (Hyporhamphus limbatus)
- common halfbeak (Hyporhamphus picarti)
- common halfbeak (Hyporhamphus naos)
- common halfbeak (Hyporhamphus collettei)
- Congaturi halfbeak (Hyporhamphus limbatus)
- coral reef halfbeak (Hyporhamphus affinis)
- Dussumier's halfbeak (Hyporhamphus dussumieri)
Translations
References
- halfbeak in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- balahoo at OneLook Dictionary Search
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