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UK
/nˈiːdəlfɪʃ/
]
[ US /ˈnidəɫˌfɪʃ/ ]
[ US /ˈnidəɫˌfɪʃ/ ]
NOUN
- fish with long tubular snout and slim body covered with bony plates
- elongate European surface-dwelling predacious fishes with long toothed jaws; abundant in coastal waters
How To Use needlefish In A Sentence
- The plates are absent in halfbeaks and flyingfishes, thus the present topology requires their independent loss in the three halfbeak/flyingfish lineages, or their reappearance in the needlefish/saury lineage.
- The needlefish were keeping pace, still congregating around his big toe. Some Assembly Required
- Whoa, that is the biggest needlefish I've ever seen, and it sure is pretty! Field & Stream
- As juveniles, these fish compete with needlefishes and small snapper for food.
- 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.
- The phylogenetic position of needlefishes relative to halfbeaks fits his prediction.
- The phylogenetic position of needlefishes relative to halfbeaks fits his prediction.
- A houndfish is a silver, saltwater, large needlefish with a green back, and whose jaws are equal in length.
- Flyingfishes are nested within halfbeaks, and sauries are nested within needlefishes.
