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garfish

garfish noun: any fish of the needlefish family Belonidae, with a long narrow body and needle-shaped jaws, especially the European species Belone belone.

garfish: any fish of the needlefish family Belonidae, with a long narrow body and needle-shaped jaws,...
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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

garfish meaning in Tamil, Assamese and Tagalog

garfish in Tamil

கோலா, கரிவாளன் கோலா, தோட்டா, பசுங்கோலா

garfish in Assamese

fish of family Belonidae
কঁকিলা kõkila, কঁকিলা মাছ kõkila mas

garfish in Tagalog

fish of family Belonidae
haba, isang-haba

Synonyms of garfish

All synonyms of garfish

Forms of garfish

pluralgarfishes
pluralgarfish
alternative formgar-fish

Origin of garfish

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

Questions about garfish

What does garfish mean?
Garfish means any fish of the needlefish family Belonidae, with a long narrow body and needle-shaped jaws, especially the European species Belone belone.
What is garfish in Tamil?
Garfish in Tamil is கோலா, கரிவாளன் கோலா, தோட்டா. See Garfish meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is garfish?
Garfish is a noun.
What is the plural of garfish?
The plural of garfish is garfishes.

Words near garfish in the dictionary

  1. Garfield Heights
  2. Garfield North
  3. Garfinkel
  4. Garfinkelian
  5. Garfinkels
  6. garfish
  7. garfishes
  8. Garforth
  9. Garfunkel
  10. garg
  11. gargalesis

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