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• Bellows fish — Bel lows fish (Zo[ o]l.) A European fish ({Centriscus scolopax}), distinguished by a long tubular snout, like the pipe of a bellows; called also {trumpet fish}, and {snipe fish}. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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• snipefish — /snuyp fish /, n., pl. (esp. collectively) snipefish, (esp. referring to two or more kinds or species) snipefishes. any of several fishes of the family Macrorhamphosidae, of tropical and temperate seas, having a long, tubular snout and a… …   Universalium

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