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Definitions: Needlefish |
NeedlefishNoun1. Elongate European surface-dwelling predacious fishes with long toothed jaws; abundant in coastal waters. 2. Fish with long tubular snout and slim body covered with bony plates. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: NeedlefishSynonyms: billfish (n), gar (n), pipefish (n). (additional references) |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
needlefish | 22 |
lure needlefish | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "needlefish"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | peshk-shtizë. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | вид щука, морска игла (pipe fish). (various references) | |
Danish | hornfisk (billfish, garfish, garpike, greenbone, hornpike, mackerel guide, sea gar, sea needle), almindelig hornfisk (billfish, garfish, garpike, greenbone, hornpike, mackerel guide, sea gar, sea needle, seaneedle). (various references) | |
Dutch | geep (billfish, garfish, garpike, greenbone, hornpike, mackerel guide, sea gar, sea needle, seaneedle). (various references) | |
Finnish | nokkakala (billfish, garfish, garpike, greenbone, hornpike, mackerel guide, sea gar, sea needle). (various references) | |
French | orphie (sea needle), aiguillette (needle, sea needle), aiguille de mer (needlenose, sea needle). (various references) | |
German | Hornhecht (billfish, garfish, garpike, greenbone, hornpike, mackerel guide, sea gar, sea needle, seaneedle), Hornfisch (billfish, garfish, garpike, greenbone, hornpike, mackerel guide, sea gar, sea needle, seaneedle), Grünknochen (billfish, garfish, garpike, greenbone, hornpike, mackerel guide, sea gar, sea needle, seaneedle), Europäischer Hornhecht (billfish, garfish, garpike, greenbone, hornpike, mackerel guide, sea gar, sea needle, seaneedle). (various references) | |
Greek | σάργομος (billfish, garfish, garpike, greenbone, hornpike, mackerel guide, sea gar, sea needle), βελονίδι (billfish, garfish, garpike, greenbone, hornpike, mackerel guide, sea gar, sea needle), ζαργάνα (Atlantic saury, billfish, garfish, garpike, greenbone, hornpike, mackerel guide, needlenose, saury pike, sea gar, sea needle, skipper). (various references) | |
Italian | aguglia (billfish, garfish, garpike, greenbone, hornpike, mackerel guide, sea gar, sea needle, seaneedle), agora (billfish, garfish, garpike, greenbone, hornpike, mackerel guide, sea gar, sea needle, seaneedle). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | eedlefishnay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | agulha (billfish, broach, compass, garfish, garpike, gorge, greenbone, hornpike, mackerel guide, needle, pin, point, points, reproducing stylus, roasting jack, sea gar, sea needle, seaneedle, spire, spur, stylus, switch, top of shoulder, turnout, withers). (various references) | |
Romanian | zãrgan (gar-pike). (various references) | |
Russian | игла-рыба. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | morska igla (pipefish). (various references) | |
Spanish | aguja (billfish, broach, cannula, garfish, garpike, greenbone, hand, hornpike, mackerel guide, Marlin, needle, pin, pin insulation, pipefish, pointer, points, sea gar, sea needle, seaneedle, shaft, spire, steeple, stylus, switch, tensor fasciae latae, turnout). (various references) | |
Swedish | näbbgädda (billfish, garfish, garpike, greenbone, hornpike, mackerel guide, minx, sea gar, sea needle), horngädda (billfish, garfish, garpike, greenbone, hornpike, mackerel guide, sea gar, sea needle). (various references) | |
Thai | ปลาตระกูล Belonidae มีปากและฟันแหลมเหมือนเข็ม. (various references) | |
Turkish | zargana (gar, garfish). (various references) | |
Ukranian | голка-риба, морська голка (pipefish). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | acariae, acus, Belone acus, Belone belone, Belone euxini, Belone vulgaris. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "needlefish": needlefishes. (additional references) | |
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"Needlefish" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: neetlefish. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "needlefish" (pronounced nē"dulfi'sh) |
| 5 | -u l f i' sh | Angelfish, cuttlefish. |
| 4 | -l f i' sh | dealfish, sailfish, selfish, shellfish. |
| 3 | -f i' sh | catfish, crawfish, dogfish, flatfish, goldfish, goosefish, hagfish, jellyfish, jewfish, lungfish, pipefish, redfish, starfish, sunfish, swordfish, whitefish. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-e-e-f-h-i-l-n-s" | |
-2 letters: selenide. | |
-3 letters: defense, defiles, defines, enisled, ensiled, felines, flensed, fleshed, linseed, needles, sheened, sheenie. | |
-4 letters: defies, defile, define, denies, dienes, diesel, ediles, elfins, elfish, elides, enisle, ensile, felids, feline, fields, fiends, fished, flense, heeled, heiled, lensed, needle, sedile, seeled, seidel, seined, selfed, senile, shield, shined. | |
-5 letters: defis, deils, deles, delfs, delis, denes, dense, diene, dines, edile, elfin, elide, feeds, feels, felid, fends, field, fiend, filed, files, finds, fined, fines, flees, flesh, flied, flies, heeds, heels, heils, hides, hinds, idles, isled, lends, lenes, lenis, lense, liens, lined, lines, needs, neifs, nides, seine, sheen, shelf, shend, shied, shiel, shine, sidle, slide, snide. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-e-e-e-f-h-i-l-n-s" | |
+2 letters: needlefishes. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4E 65 65 64 6C 65 66 69 73 68 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-. . . -.. .-.. . ..-. .. ... .... |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001110 01100101 01100101 01100100 01101100 01100101 01100110 01101001 01110011 01101000 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)N e e d l e f i s h |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004E 0065 0065 0064 006C 0065 0066 0069 0073 0068 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)48717170787172758574 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Expressions: Internet 4. Translations: Modern | 5. Translations: Ancient 6. Derivations 7. Rhymes 8. Anagrams | 9. Orthography 10. Bibliography |
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