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spearfish en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree English spear Proto-Indo-European *péysks Proto-Germanic *fiskaz Proto-West Germanic *fisk Old English fisċ Middle English fisch English fish English spearfish From spear + fish.

Meanings

1. Any of the genus Tetrapturus of marlins, a type of fish with the upper jaw elongated into a spearlike bill.
2. Any striped marlin (Kajikia audax)
3. Any quillback (Carpioides cyprinus

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Deriveds

Atlantic longbill spearfish · spearfish remora · spearfishsucker · Japanese spearfish · longbill spearfish · Mediterranean spearfish · shortbill spearfish · Mediterranean shortbill spearfish · roundscale spearfish · slender spearfish

Translations (2)

mi paea (Translations) · tr yelken balığı (Translations)

spearfish en · VERB

Pronunciation

• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

Etymology tree English spear Proto-Indo-European *péysks Proto-Germanic *fiskaz Proto-West Germanic *fisk Old English fisċ Middle English fisch English fish English spearfish From spear + fish.

Meanings

1. (intransitive, transitive) To attempt to catch a fish using a spear or spear gun.
   • Bart, who incidentally has designed an excellent diaphragm‐type call for geese and turkeys, once spearfished commercially in the British West Indies. 1979 February 7, “Outdoors: Northeast Spearfishing”, in The New York Times:
   • He always said freediving was the best way to spearfish because it required enormous patience and concentration, without the benefit of a scuba tank, to hold one’s position until the right prey came along. 2020 July 14, Tom Mashberg, “Jay Riffe, Spearfishing King, Is Dead at 82”, in The New York Times:
   • A Bajau diver spearfishes in Sulawesi. 2018 April 19, Carl Zimmer, “Bodies Remodeled for a Life at Sea”, in The New York Times:
2. (intransitive, transitive) To fish for spearfish by any method.

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Relateds

spearfishing