English Explanatory Dictionary

garfish

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any fish of the needlefish family Belonidae, with a long narrow body and needle-shaped jaws, especially the European species Belone belone.
  2. Any North or Central American fish of the family Lepisosteidae.

Pronunciation

LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-garfish.wav

Word forms

garfish garfishes gar-fish

Etymology

From Middle English garfysche (“garfish”, literally “spear-fish”), from gor (“spear”) + fisch (“fish”). Cognate with Scots gairfish (“garfish”).

Synonyms

needlefish long-nose sea needle common hornbeak garpike gar
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