Synonyms for "needlefish" (6 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (2)

Noun(2 words)

billfishgar

Strong matches (1)

garfish

Related words (3)

Noun(2 words)

garfishpipefish

pipefish

Related word relations

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8 relation types

More general

3 entries

teleostteleost fishteleostan

Synonyms

1 entries

pipefish

Related terms

1 entries

garfish

coordinate

5 entries

flyingfishhalfbeakricefishsuariesviviparous halfbeak

derived

38 entries

Agujon needlefishAmazonian needlefishAnnobon needlefishAtlantic needlefishBaja California needlefishBennet's needlefishCalifornia needlefishCape Verde needlefishCape needlefishColombian River needlefishDatsu needlefishEastern Atlantic needlefishEigenmann's needlefishGuianan needlefishIndochinese needlefishJapanese needlefish

Showing 16 of 38 words.

derived from

2 entries

fishneedle

is a

1 entries

teleost fish

related to

4 entries

belonidaefishgarfishshallow

Translations

28 translations across 20 languages.

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Asturian

2 entries

• aguya noun (slender fish)
• chínfanu noun (slender fish)

Bulgarian

1 entries

• морска игла noun (slender fish)

Chinese Mandarin

3 entries

• 楊枝魚 /杨枝鱼 noun (slender fish)
• 鶴鱵 /鹤𮬤 noun (slender fish)
• 鹤鱵 noun (slender fish)

Finnish

1 entries

• nokkakala noun (slender fish)

French

1 entries

• aiguillette noun (slender fish)

Galician

1 entries

• alcrique noun (slender fish)

Georgian

1 entries

• ზღვისქარიყლაპიასებრნი noun (slender fish)

German

1 entries

• Hornhecht noun (slender fish)

Greek

2 entries

• βελονίδα noun (slender fish)
• ζαργάνα noun (slender fish)

Irish

1 entries

• snáthaid mhara noun (slender fish)

Japanese

1 entries

• 駄津 noun (slender fish)

Malayalam

1 entries

• മുരൽ noun (slender fish)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

• horngjel noun (slender fish)

Portuguese

1 entries

• agulhão noun (slender fish)

Russian

3 entries

• игла́-ры́ба noun (slender fish)
• морска́я игла́ noun (slender fish)
• сарга́н noun (slender fish)

Spanish

1 entries

• agujón noun (slender fish)

Tagalog

2 entries

• lungi noun (slender fish)
• suswi noun (slender fish)

Turkish

1 entries

• zargana noun (slender fish)

Ukrainian

2 entries

• го́лка-ри́ба noun (slender fish)
• сарга́н noun (slender fish)

Welsh

1 entries

• môr-nodwydd noun (slender fish)

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