halfbeak

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halfbeak noun

Any slender, marine fish of the family Hemiramphidae, having the upper jaw much shorter than the lower, the balahoo or ballyhoos.

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hemiramphid beakfish bambooshark balistoid belemnoid bamboo shark hornbeak henfish ballyhoo hammerhead hemigaleid beakhead balaenopterid beak-head balenopterid haliotid

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