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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Needlefish

/nēd'-əl-fĭshˌ/ · Nee·dle·fish · IPA /nˈiːdəlfˌɪʃ/
01 n. The European great pipefish (Siphostoma acus or Syngnathus acus); -- called also earl, and tanglefish.
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    The European great pipefish (Siphostoma acus or Syngnathus acus); -- called also earl, and tanglefish.(Zool.) Also: earl, tanglefish