gar·fish

(gär′fĭsh′)

n. pl. garfish or gar·fish·es

2. See gar¹.

[Middle English : gare, spear (from Old English gār) + fish, fish; see fish.]

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garfish

(ˈɡɑːˌfɪʃ)

n, pl -fish or -fishes

1. (Animals) another name for garpike¹

2. (Animals) an elongated European marine teleost fish, Belone belone, with long toothed jaws: related to the flying fishes

3. (Animals) any of various marine or estuarine fish with a long needle-like lower jaw

[Old English gār spear + fish]

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gar

(gɑr)

n., pl. (esp. collectively) gar, (esp. for kinds or species) gars.

1. Also called garfish , garpike. any long-jawed freshwater ganoid fish of the genus Lepisosteus, of North America.

2. needlefish (def. 1).

[1755–65, Amer.; shortened form of garfish]

gar.

garage.

G.A.R.

Grand Army of the Republic.

ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:

Noun

garfish - primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth

billfish, gar, garpike, Lepisosteus osseus

ganoid, ganoid fish - primitive fishes having thick bony scales with a shiny covering

genus Lepisosteus, Lepisosteus - type genus of the Lepisosteidae: freshwater gars

Translations

orphie

aguglia

garfish

[ˈgɑːˌfɪʃ] N (garfish or garfishes (pl)) → aguja f

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