beaked salmon

/bikt ˌsæmən/
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Definitions of beaked salmon
  1. noun
    fish of sandy areas of western Pacific and Indian oceans having an angular snout for burrowing into sand
    synonyms: Gonorhynchus gonorhynchus, sandfish
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    type of:
    malacopterygian, soft-finned fish
    any fish of the superorder Malacopterygii
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