garfish
- (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.
- (Canada, US, especially) Any North or Central American fish of the family Lepisosteidae.
Etymology
In summary
From Middle English garfysche (“garfish”, literally “spear-fish”), from gor (“spear”) + fisch (“fish”). Cognate with Scots gairfish (“garfish”).
Lepisosteus osseus
gar-fish
mackerel guide
saury pike
belone
soury
billfish garpike
belona
peixe-agulha
Hornhecht belona pospolita
pez aguja
geep
aiguille de mer
agora orphie communeSign in to write sticky notes
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