Snipefish \Snipe"fish`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The bellows fish.
(b) A long, slender deep-sea fish ({Nemichthys
scolopaceus}) with a slender beak.
snipefish
n : small bottom-dwelling fish of warm seas having a compressed
body and a long snout with a toothless mouth [syn: {bellows
fish}]
[also: {snipefishes} (pl)]