spearfish
spearfish noun: any of the genus Tetrapturus of marlins, a type of fish with the upper jaw elongated into a spearlike bill.
Noun
spearfish (plural spearfishes or spearfish)
- Any of the genus Tetrapturus of marlins, a type of fish with the upper jaw elongated into a spearlike bill.
- Any striped marlin (Kajikia audax)
- Any quillback (Carpioides cyprinus
Verb
spearfish (third-person singular simple present spearfishes, present participle spearfishing, simple past and past participle spearfished)
- 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
- A Bajau diver spearfishes in Sulawesi.2018 April 19, Carl Zimmer, “Bodies Remodeled for a Life at Sea”, in The New York Times
- To fish for spearfish by any method.
Proper noun capitalized: Spearfish
Spearfish
- A city in South Dakota, united States of America.
spearfish meaning in Tamil
spearfish in Tamil
- நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், மீன் இனங்களில் ஒன்றாகும்
Forms of spearfish
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | spearfishes |
| plural | spearfish |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | spearfishes |
| present participle | spearfishing |
| past participle | spearfished |
| past | spearfished |
Origin of spearfish
From spear + fish.
Words formed from spearfish
- Atlantic longbill spearfish
- Japanese spearfish
- longbill spearfish
- Mediterranean shortbill spearfish
- Mediterranean spearfish
- roundscale spearfish
- shortbill spearfish
- slender spearfish
- spearfish remora
- spearfishsucker
Questions about spearfish
- What does spearfish mean?
- Spearfish means any of the genus Tetrapturus of marlins, a type of fish with the upper jaw elongated into a spearlike bill.
- What is spearfish in Tamil?
- Spearfish in Tamil is நமது பூமியில் காணப்படும், மீன் இனங்களில் ஒன்றாகும். See Spearfish meaning in Tamil.
- What part of speech is spearfish?
- Spearfish can be a noun, a verb or a proper noun.
- What is the plural of spearfish?
- The plural of spearfish is spearfishes.
Words near spearfish in the dictionary
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