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peixe-agulha

Portuguese, noun/ˌpe(j).ʃi.aˈɡu.ʎɐ/

peixe-agulha is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “garfish; needlefish (any of the slender marine fish of family Belonidae)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “nome vulgar de alguns peixes teleósteos da família dos Xifiídeos e dos Escombrídeos”.

What does peixe-agulha mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinegarfish; needlefish (any of the slender marine fish of family Belonidae)

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. nome vulgar de alguns peixes teleósteos da família dos Xifiídeos e dos Escombrídeos

The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.

Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of peixe-agulha

  • peixes-agulha plural
  • peixes-agulhas plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce peixe-agulha?

  • Brazil /ˌpe(j).ʃi.aˈɡu.ʎɐ/
  • Brazil [ˌpe(ɪ̯).ʃi.aˈɡu.ʎɐ]
  • Portugal /ˌpɐj.ʃ‿ɐˈɡu.ʎɐ/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to peixe-agulha

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.