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Webster's 1913 Dictionary

HALFBEAK

HALFBEAK Half "beak `, n. (Zoöl.)

Defn: Any slender, marine fish of the genus Hemirhamphus, having the upper jaw much shorter than the lower; -- called also balahoo.

New American Oxford Dictionary

halfbeak

half beak |ˈhafˌbēk ˌhæfˈbik | ▶noun 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. [Several genera and species in the family Exocoetidae, including the widely distributed Euleptorhamphus viridis. ]

Oxford Dictionary

halfbeak

half |beak ▶noun 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. Also called garfish in Australia and New Zealand. ●Several genera and species in the family Exocoetidae, including the widely distributed Euleptorhamphus viridis.