halfbeak
IPA: hˈæfbˈik
noun
- (zoology) Any slender, marine fish of the family Hemiramphidae, having the upper jaw much shorter than the lower, the balahoos or ballyhoos.
Examples of "halfbeak" in Sentences
- Balao halfbeak are found only in the Atlantic Ocean.
- The phylogeny of the halfbeaks is in a state of flux.
- Sexual dimorphism is apparent in some species of halfbeak.
- The fossil record of the halfbeaks extends into the Lower Tertiary.
- I've used them and rolled the info into the halfbeak article in many places.
- In other words, as traditionally defined, the halfbeak family is paraphyletic.
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