English Explanatory Dictionary

spearfish

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. Any of the genus Tetrapturus of marlins, a type of fish with the upper jaw elongated into a spearlike bill.
  2. Any striped marlin (Kajikia audax)
  3. Any quillback (Carpioides cyprinus
verb
  1. To attempt to catch a fish using a spear or spear gun.
  2. To fish for spearfish by any method.
name
  1. A city in South Dakota, united States of America.

Pronunciation

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Word forms

spearfish spearfishes spearfishing spearfished

Etymology

From spear + fish.

Related words

spearfishing

Derived words

Atlantic longbill spearfish Japanese spearfish longbill spearfish Mediterranean shortbill spearfish Mediterranean spearfish roundscale spearfish shortbill spearfish slender spearfish spearfish remora spearfishsucker

Translations

Māori: paea Turkish: yelken balığı
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