. Chambers's encyclopedia; a dictionary of universal knowledge for the people. onand other impurities, having a giayish-white colour,a greasy feel, and an earthy fracture. It adheresstrongly to the tongue, and is very plastic, tenacious,and infusible. It is used for the manufacture oftobacco-pipes and white pottery. The localitieswhere it is chiefly obtained are Devonshire, and theTrough of Poole in Dorsetshire. It is also foundin various places in France, Belgium, and Germany. PIPE-FISH (Syngnathus), a genus of osseousfislies of the order Lophobranchii (q. v.), and of thefamily Syngnathidce.
. Chambers's encyclopedia; a dictionary of universal knowledge for the people. onand other impurities, having a giayish-white colour,a greasy feel, and an earthy fracture. It adheresstrongly to the tongue, and is very plastic, tenacious,and infusible. It is used for the manufacture oftobacco-pipes and white pottery. The localitieswhere it is chiefly obtained are Devonshire, and theTrough of Poole in Dorsetshire. It is also foundin various places in France, Belgium, and Germany. PIPE-FISH (Syngnathus), a genus of osseousfislies of the order Lophobranchii (q. v.), and of thefamily Syngnathidce. In this family the form iselongated, there is little flesh, and the body isalnn ist covered with partially ossified plates; thehead is long ; the jaws are elongated so as to form atubular snout—whence the names P. and Syngnathus(Gr. syn, together; and gnathos, a jaw); and themales have pouches, variously situated, in whichthey receive the eggs of their mate, and carry themtill they are hatched. The family Syngnatlddce issometimes restricted to those in which the egg-pouch. Pipe-Fish [Syngnathus acua), of the males is on the tail, and is open throughout itswhole length, and the tail is not prehensile. Thusrestricted, it contains a number of genera, of whichone only, Syngnathus, is British.—One of the mostcommon British species is the Great P. (Syngnathusacus), which is sometimes found in deep water, andsometimes at low tide among the sea-weed in rock-pools. The specimens commonly seen are from 1 footto 16 inches in length; but this tish is said to attain PIPERACE^-PIPES. a lengtt of 2 or 3 feet. Its food, and tliat of theother species, is belie%ed to consist of small marineanimals and the eggs of tishes ; and it may be seenslowly moving about, with curious contortions,poking its long snout into every crevice in searchof food, and sometimes assuming a vertical positionwith the head downwards, poking into or stirringthe sand. This and the other pipe-fishes shewgreat affection
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