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gar-fish

gar-fish is the alternative form of garfish.

Meaning of garfish

Noun

garfish (plural garfishes or garfish)

  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.
    Synonyms:
    needlefish, long-nose, sea needle, common hornbeak, garpike
  2. (Canada, US, especially) Any North or Central American fish of the family Lepisosteidae.
    Synonyms:
    gar, garpike

Forms of gar-fish

pluralgar-fishes

Questions about gar-fish

What is gar-fish the alternative form of?
Gar-fish is the alternative form of garfish.

Words near gar-fish in the dictionary

  1. Gapsted
  2. gaptoothed
  3. gapy
  4. gar
  5. Gar and Starter
  6. gar-fish
  7. Gara
  8. garaad
  9. garaads
  10. Garabagh
  11. garabato

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