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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
(zoology) Any slender, marine fish of the family Hemiramphidae, having the upper jaw much shorter than the lower, the balahoos or ballyhoos..
Use halfbeak when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Halfbeak means (zoology) Any slender, marine fish of the family Hemiramphidae, having the upper jaw much shorter than the lower, the balahoos or ballyhoos..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Use halfbeak where its definition matches the intended context.
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