ALL meanings of halfbeak
half·beak
H h - noun halfbeak any of several marine fishes of the family Hemiramphidae, having a greatly elongated lower jaw. 1
- noun halfbeak A slender shoaling fish of coastal areas, with small pectoral fins and the lower jaw lengthened into a beak. It is related to the flying fishes and often skitters along the surface. 1
- noun halfbeak (zoology) Any slender, marine fish of the family Hemiramphidae, having the upper jaw much shorter than the lower, the balahoo. 0
- noun halfbeak any marine and freshwater teleost fish of the tropical and subtropical family Hemiramphidae, having an elongated body with a short upper jaw and a long protruding lower jaw 0
- noun halfbeak any of a family (Hemirhamphidae, order Atheriniformes) of small, long-bodied, tropical marine bony fishes with a greatly extended lower jaw and a short upper jaw 0