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garfish en · NOUN

Pronunciation

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Etymology

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

Meanings

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.

Forms

Synonyms

needlefish · gar · garpike · garpike · common hornbeak · long-nose · sea needle

Translations (50)

ru па́нцирник (fish of family Lepisosteidae) · fi nokkakala (fish of family Belonidae) · kw garek (fish of family Belonidae) · ro țipar-de-mare (fish of family Belonidae) · pl łuskost (fish of family Lepisosteidae) · nl geep (fish of family Belonidae) · as কঁকিলা মাছ (fish of family Belonidae) · tr zargana (fish of family Belonidae) · mi takeke (fish of family Belonidae) · gl agulla (fish of family Belonidae) · es aguja (fish of family Belonidae) · tl haba (fish of family Belonidae) · ota زارغنه (fish of family Belonidae) · ga corr uaine (fish of family Belonidae) · ang hornfisċ (fish of family Belonidae) · ru сарга́н (fish of family Belonidae) · ro zărgan (fish of family Belonidae) · kw garek (fish of family Belonidae) · pt peixe-agulha (fish of family Belonidae) · cmn 長嘴硬鱗魚 /长嘴硬鳞鱼 (fish of family Belonidae) · el ζαργάνα (fish of family Belonidae) · fr orphie (fish of family Belonidae) · ab агәы́рԥсыӡ (fish of family Belonidae) · bg зарган (fish of family Belonidae) · ga ronnach Spáinneach (fish of family Belonidae) · pl niszczuka (fish of family Lepisosteidae) · gl chandarme (fish of family Belonidae) · cy cornbig (fish of family Belonidae) · nrf orfi (fish of family Belonidae) · eu akula (fish of family Belonidae) · mi hangenge (fish of family Belonidae) · fi luuhauki (fish of family Lepisosteidae) · unm òpënchahke (fish of family Belonidae) · pl belona (fish of family Belonidae) · ast aguya (fish of family Belonidae) · de Hornhecht (fish of family Belonidae) · ga spéirlint mhara (fish of family Belonidae) · ro știucă-de-mare (fish of family Belonidae) · as কঁকিলা (fish of family Belonidae) · uk сарга́н (fish of family Belonidae) · ast chínfanu (fish of family Belonidae) · ga spéirlint fharraige (fish of family Belonidae) · ka ზღვისქარიყლაპიასებრნი (fish of family Belonidae) · ca agulla (fish of family Belonidae) · udm пукыӵ (fish of family Belonidae) · tl isang-haba (fish of family Belonidae) · de Knochenhecht (fish of family Lepisosteidae) · ru па́нцирная щу́ка (fish of family Lepisosteidae) · ja ガーフィッシュ (fish of family Belonidae) · nb horngjel (fish of family Belonidae)