What is "snipefish"

Snipefish \Snipe"fish`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)

1. The bellows fish.

2. A long, slender deep-sea fish ( Nemichthys scolopaceus) with a slender beak.

n. Either of the two species of fish of the (taxlink Macroramphosus genus noshow=1) genus.

1. n. small bottom-dwelling fish of warm seas having a compressed body and a long snout with a toothless mouth [syn: bellows fish]

2. [also: snipefishes (pl)]