Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- A family of soft-rayed fishes characterized by the great elongation of the lower jaw, the upper jaw being very short. The species are known as half-beaks and are found in the tropical seas. The typical genus is Hemiramphus.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- proper noun A natural family of fish including the halfbeaks, marine and freshwater fishes closely related to the flying fishes but not able to glide.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun halfbeaks; marine and freshwater fishes closely related to the flying fishes but not able to glide
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There is particularly high diversity among the fish populations, the families of which include: Mugelidae, Serranidae, Carangidae, Gerridae, Hemiramphidae, Plectrorhynchidae and Elopidae.
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