Noun: pipefish 'pIp,fish
- Fish with long tubular snout and slim body covered with bony plates
"The pipefish's camouflage made it nearly invisible among the seaweed";
- needlefish
Derived forms: pipefishes
Type of: teleost, teleost fish, teleostan
Part of: family Syngnathidae, Syngnathidae
Encyclopedia: Pipefish