garfish

Senso (Inglese)

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

Concetti

aguglia

aguglie

agosello

aguglia saira

billfish

luccio sauro

agora

pesci mezzobecco

costardella

sinonimi

garpike

gar

billfish

needlefish

greenbone

Lepisosteus osseus

gar-fish

piper

halfbeaks

mackerel guide

needlenose

saury pike

belone

soury

spear

billfish garpike

saury

sea needle

Traduzioni

orphie

aguja

peixe-agulha

Hornhecht

pez aguja

geep

aiguille de mer

bécassine

Belona belona

orphie commune

Belone belone

snoek

ζαργάνα

Etimologia (Inglese)

Ereditato da inglese medio: garfysche

In summary

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