Etymology

garfish

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Today it means: Any fish of the needlefish family Belonidae, with a long narrow body and needle-shaped jaws, especially the European species Belone belone. Full definition →

Middle English garfysche
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  1. Middle English · inherited fromgarfysche“garfish”
  2. English todaygarfish

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

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