garfish
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garfish
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From Middle English garfysche (“garfish”, literally “spear-fish”), from gor (“spear”) + fisch (“fish”). Cognate with Scots gairfish (“garfish”).
noun garfishes · garfish · gar-fish
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Any fish of the needlefish family Belonidae, with a long narrow body and needle-shaped jaws, especially the European species Belone belone.
Similar: needlefish, long-nose, sea needle, common hornbeak, garpike
- Any North or Central American fish of the family Lepisosteidae.
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noun fish of family Belonidae
| Español | aguja |
|---|---|
| 日本語 | ガーフィッシュ gāfisshu |
| 中文 | 長嘴硬鱗魚 /长嘴硬鳞鱼 cháng zuǐyìng línyú |
| Português | peixe-agulha |
| Français | orphie |
| Deutsch | Hornhecht |
| Ελληνικά | ζαργάνα zargána |
| Română | zărgan, țipar-de-mare, știucă-de-mare |
| Русский | сарга́н sargán |
noun fish of family Lepisosteidae
| Deutsch | Knochenhecht |
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| Русский | па́нцирник páncirnik, па́нцирная щу́ка páncirnaja ščúka |
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title = {garfish},
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