| halfbeak | | |
| n. (animal) | 1. halfbeak | tropical and subtropical marine and freshwater fishes having an elongated body and long protruding lower jaw. |
| ~ teleost, teleost fish, teleostan | a bony fish of the subclass Teleostei. |
| ~ family hemiramphidae, hemiramphidae | halfbeaks; marine and freshwater fishes closely related to the flying fishes but not able to glide. |
| papyrus | | |
| n. (substance) | 1. papyrus | paper made from the papyrus plant by cutting it in strips and pressing it flat; used by ancient Egyptians and Greeks and Romans. |
| ~ paper | a material made of cellulose pulp derived mainly from wood or rags or certain grasses. |
| n. (plant) | 2. cyperus papyrus, egyptian paper reed, egyptian paper rush, paper plant, paper rush, papyrus | tall sedge of the Nile valley yielding fiber that served many purposes in historic times. |
| ~ sedge | grasslike or rushlike plant growing in wet places having solid stems, narrow grasslike leaves and spikelets of inconspicuous flowers. |
| ~ cyperus, genus cyperus | type genus of Cyperaceae; grasslike rhizomatous herbs; cosmopolitan except very cold regions. |
| n. (communication) | 3. papyrus | a document written on papyrus. |
| ~ document, papers, written document | writing that provides information (especially information of an official nature). |
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