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Garfish

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Noun
  1. 1
    Any fish of the needlefish family Belonidae, with a long narrow body and needle-shaped jaws, especially the European species Belone belone. Ireland, UK, especially
  2. 2
    primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth wordnet
  3. 3
    Any North or Central American fish of the family Lepisosteidae. Canada, US, especially

Etymology

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

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