halfbeak
English edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
halfbeak (plural halfbeaks)
- (zoology) Any slender, marine fish of the family Hemiramphidae, having the upper jaw much shorter than the lower, the balahoos or ballyhoos.
Derived terms edit
- acute halfbeak (Hyporhamphus acutus)
- African halfbeak (Hyporhamphus picarti)
- American halfbeak (Hyporhamphus meeki)
- Asian pencil halfbeak (Hyporhamphus intermedius)
- Atlantic silverstripe halfbeak (Hyporhamphus unifasciatus)
- Australian neglected halfbeak (Hyporhamphus neglectissimus)
- balao halfbeak (Hemiramphus balao)
- Balinese halfbeak (Hyporhamphus balinensis)
- ballyhoo halfbeak (Hemiramphus balao)
- ballyhoo halfbeak (Hemiramphus brasiliensis)
- Bangkok halfbeak (Zenarchopterus pappenheimi) (India)
- barred halfbeak (Hemiramphus marginatus)
- barred halfbeak (Hemiramphus far)
- Bermuda halfbeak (Hemiramphus bermudensis)
- bigwing halfbeak (Oxyporhamphus micropterus)
- black-barred halfbeak (Hemiramphus far)
- Buffon's halfbeak (Zenarchopterus buffonis)
- California halfbeak (Hyporhamphus rosae)
- Cape halfbeak (Hyporhamphus capensis)
- Central American halfbeak (Hyporhamphus roberti hildebrandi)
- choelo halfbeak (Hyporhamphus gilli)
- common halfbeak (Hyporhamphus unifasciatus)
- common halfbeak (Hyporhamphus limbatus)
- common halfbeak (Hyporhamphus picarti)
- common halfbeak (Hyporhamphus naos)
- common halfbeak (Hyporhamphus collettei)
- Congaturi halfbeak (Hyporhamphus limbatus)
- coral reef halfbeak (Hyporhamphus affinis)
- Dussumier's halfbeak (Hyporhamphus dussumieri)
- Japanese halfbeak
- viviparous halfbeak (Zenarchopterus gilli)
- wrestling halfbeak (Dermogenys pusilla)
- yellowtip halfbeak (Hemiramphus marginatus)
- yellowtip halfbeak (Hemiramphus lutkei)
- yellowtip halfbeak (Hemiramphus archipelagicus)
Translations edit
any slender, marine fish of the family Hemiramphidae
References edit
- “halfbeak”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
- “balahoo”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.
halfbeak on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Hemiramphidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies 
Category:Hemiramphidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
