garfish

The English word “garfish” has 2 meanings listed here.

noun

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

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

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