(adj) having notably more length than width; being long and slender, Syn. elongated, Example:an elongate tail tapering to a point; the old man's gaunt and elongated frame
[さより(gikun);はりお(針魚)(ok);サヨリ, sayori (gikun); hario ( hari sakana )(ok); sayori] (n) (uk) Japanese halfbeak (species of fish with elongated lower jaw) (Hemiramphus sajori); stickleback