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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Any slender, marine fish of the family Hemiramphidae, having the upper jaw much shorter than the lower, the balahoos or ballyhoos.
2. 2
   tropical and subtropical marine and freshwater fishes having an elongated body and long protruding lower jaw wordnet

Etymology

From half + beak.

Related phrases

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