garfish

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Etymology

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

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garfish (plural garfishes or garfish)

  1. (especially UK, Ireland) Any fish of the needlefish family Belonidae, with a long narrow body and needle-shaped jaws, especially the European species Belone belone.
    Synonyms: needlefish, long-nose, sea needle
  2. (especially US, Canada) Any North or Central American fish of the family Lepisosteidae.
    Synonyms: gar, garpike

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  • See usage notes at gar.

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