garfish
Any fish of the needlefish family Belonidae, with a long narrow body and needle-shaped…Any fish of the needlefish family Belonidae, with a long narrow body and needle-shaped jaws, especially the European species Belone belone.
Meaning
2 senses(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.
Hornhecht
сарга́нsargán
сарга́нsarhán
(Canada, US, especially)Any North or Central American fish of the family Lepisosteidae.
Knochenhecht
па́нцирникpáncirnik, па́нцирная щу́каpáncirnaja ščúka
primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English garfysche (“garfish”, literally “spear-fish”), from gor (“spear”) + fiFrom Middle English garfysche (“garfish”, literally “spear-fish”), from gor (“spear”) + fisch (“fish”). Cognate with Scots gairfish (“garfish”).
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Forms
plural: garfishes / garfishSynonyms
8 synonyms- primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth:gargarpikebillfishLepisosteus osseus
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular