garfish

[ gahr-fish ]
/ ˈgɑrˌfɪʃ /

noun, plural (especially collectively) gar·fish, (especially referring to two or more kinds or species) gar·fish·es.

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Origin of garfish

1400–50; late Middle English; compare Old English gār spear

Example sentences from the Web for garfish

  • The anacondas and alligators and snapping turtles and garfish with teeth sharp as sharks?

    The Peril Finders |George Manville Fenn

British Dictionary definitions for garfish

garfish
/ (ˈɡɑːˌfɪʃ) /

noun plural -fish or -fishes

another name for garpike (def. 1)
an elongated European marine teleost fish, Belone belone, with long toothed jaws: related to the flying fishes
any of various marine or estuarine fish with a long needle-like lower jaw

Word Origin for garfish

Old English gār spear + fish