garfish

English

Etymology

From Old English gar (“spear”) + fish

Noun

garfish (plural garfishes or garfish)

1. Any fish of the needlefish family Belonidae, with a long narrow body and needle-shaped jaws, especially the European species Belone belone.
2. Any North or Central American fish of the family Lepisosteidae.

Synonyms

• (fish of family Belonidae): needlefish
• (fish of family Lepisosteidae): gar, garpike

Translations

fish of family Belonidae

Abkhaz: please add this translation if you can Bulgarian: зарган (bg) (zargan) m. Finnish: nokkakala Georgian: ზღვისქარიყლაპიასებრნი (ka) (zḡvisk'ariqlapiasebrni)

Romanian: please add this translation if you can Russian: сарган (ru) (sargán) m. Turkish: please add this translation if you can Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can

fish of family Lepisosteidae

Finnish: luuhauki

Russian: панцирниковая (ru) (pancirnikovaja) f.