needlefish Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun elongate European surface-dwelling predacious fishes with long toothed jaws; abundant in coastal waters
    billfish; gar.
  2. noun fish with long tubular snout and slim body covered with bony plates
    pipefish.

WordNet

Nee"dle*fish` noun
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) (a) The European great pipefich (Siphostoma, ∨ Syngnathus, acus); -- called also earl, and tanglefish. (b) The garfish.

Webster 1913