Any of a number of long, slender fish with elongated beaklike jaws containing sharply pointed teeth.
Also called garfish
Example sentencesExamples
Ubiquitous fusiliers massed by the thousand, with blue triggers, dozens of needlefish and swarms of other smaller reef fish.
Flyingfishes are nested within halfbeaks, and sauries are nested within needlefishes.
For example, the long jaws of gar and needlefish arose independently and give these disparate taxa the most velocity specialized mandibles yet measured in fishes.
The phylogenetic position of needlefishes relative to halfbeaks fits his prediction.
As juveniles, these fish compete with needlefishes and small snapper for food.
Definition of needlefish in US English:
needlefish
nounˈnidlˌfɪʃˈnēdlˌfiSH
Any of a number of long, slender fish with elongated beaklike jaws containing sharply pointed teeth.
Also called garfish
Example sentencesExamples
Flyingfishes are nested within halfbeaks, and sauries are nested within needlefishes.
The phylogenetic position of needlefishes relative to halfbeaks fits his prediction.
For example, the long jaws of gar and needlefish arose independently and give these disparate taxa the most velocity specialized mandibles yet measured in fishes.
Ubiquitous fusiliers massed by the thousand, with blue triggers, dozens of needlefish and swarms of other smaller reef fish.
As juveniles, these fish compete with needlefishes and small snapper for food.