What's the difference between needlefish and pipefish?

Needlefish


Definition:

  • (n.) The European great pipefich (Siphostoma, / Syngnathus, acus); -- called also earl, and tanglefish.
  • (n.) The garfish.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) A traumatic internal carotid-cavernous sinus fistula due to a penetrating injury caused by a needlefish is described.

Pipefish


Definition:

  • (n.) Any lophobranch fish of the genus Siphostoma, or Syngnathus, and allied genera, having a long and very slender angular body, covered with bony plates. The mouth is small, at the end of a long, tubular snout. The male has a pouch on his belly, in which the incubation of the eggs takes place.

Example Sentences:

  • (1) Oxhide glue has the highest content of amino acids, total Ajiao has the highest content of essential amino acids, but Ajiao and pipefish glues do not have cystine.
  • (2) The experimental results have shown that all six kinds of glue have a common protein zone, but only the pipefish glue has a band on the negative electrode side.
  • (3) The differentiation of the primary envelope of oocytes of the seahorse (Hippocampus erectus) and the pipefish (Syngnathus fuscus) has been investigated by techniques of light- and electron microscopy.

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