any of various teleost fishes of the genera Nerophis, Syngnathus, etc, having a long tubelike snout and an elongated body covered with bony plates: family Syngnathidae
Also called: needlefish
pipefish in American English
(ˈpaɪpˌfɪʃ)
nounWord forms: pluralˈpipeˌfish or ˈpipeˌfishes
any of various long, narrow bony fishes (order Gasterosteiformes, family Syngnathidae) with a tubelike snout,of the same family as the sea horses