ˈpipe-fish
[f. pipe n.1 + fish.]
A fish of the genus Syngnathus or family Syngnathidæ, having a long slender body and a long snout.
| 1769 Pennant Zool. III. 107 As we want a generical name in our language for this genus [Syngnathus], we call it the Pipe Fish, from its slender body. 1774 Goldsm. Nat. Hist. (1776) VI. 289 The body of the Pipe Fish, in the thickest part, is not thicker than a swan-quill, while it is above sixteen inches long. 1846 Embleton in Proc. Berw. Nat. Club II. 168 A male specimen of the Little Pipe Fish (Syngnathus ophidion), with the eggs of the female in its abdominal pouches, was also exhibited. |