Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A fish of the family Centriscidæ, as Centriscus scolopax; a bellows-fish or sea-snipe: so called from the long tubular snout. See cut under
snipe-fish . - noun A fish of the family Fistulariidæ; a tobacco-pipe fish.
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Examples
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I also saw a sea-snipe, or trumpet-fish, but, oho, without a tooth!
Lord Dolphin Harriet A. Cheever
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