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halfbeak

noun

Etymology

From half + beak.

  1. derived from *bak-✻
  2. derived from *bekkos✻
  3. derived from *bekkos✻
  4. derived from beccus
  5. derived from bec
  6. derived from bec
  7. inherited from bec
  8. compounded as halfbeak — “half + beak”

Definitions

  1. Any slender, marine fish of the family Hemiramphidae, having the upper jaw much shorter…

    Any slender, marine fish of the family Hemiramphidae, having the upper jaw much shorter than the lower, the balahoos or ballyhoos.

The neighborhood

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