halfbeak

== English == === Etymology === From half +‎ beak. === Pronunciation === === Noun === 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 ==== viviparous halfbeak (Zenarchopterus gilli) wrestling halfbeak (Dermogenys pusilla) yellowtip halfbeak (Hemiramphus marginatus) yellowtip halfbeak (Hemiramphus lutkei) yellowtip halfbeak (Hemiramphus archipelagicus) ==== Translations ==== === References === William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “halfbeak”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC. “balahoo”, in OneLook Dictionary Search. halfbeak on Wikipedia.Wikipedia Hemiramphidae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies Category:Hemiramphidae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons