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Define the word pipefish

"Pipefish" gcide "The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48"

Pipefish \Pipe"fish`\, n. (Zool.)
   Any lophobranch fish of the genus Siphostoma, or
   Syngnathus, and allied genera, having a long and very
   slender angular body, covered with bony plates. The mouth is
   small, at the end of a long, tubular snout. The male has a
   pouch on his belly, in which the incubation of the eggs takes
   place.
   [1913 Webster] Pipelayer

"pipefish" wn "WordNet (r) 2.0"

pipefish
     n : fish with long tubular snout and slim body covered with bony
         plates [syn: needlefish]
     [also: pipefishes (pl)]