garfish

American  

[gahr-fish] / ˈgɑrˌfɪʃ /

noun

plural

garfish,

plural

garfishes

1. gar.

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garfish British  

/ ˈɡɑːˌfɪʃ /

noun

1. another name for garpike

2. an elongated European marine teleost fish, Belone belone, with long toothed jaws: related to the flying fishes

3. any of various marine or estuarine fish with a long needle-like lower jaw

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Etymology

Origin of garfish

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

Example Sentences

Tinned fish at the shop runs anywhere from $8 for Ati Manel garfish, a needle-like fish offred in olive oil from Portugal, to $36 for Conservas de Cambados ‘Sea Urchin Caviar’ from Spain’s Galician estuaries.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 20, 2023

So when he hawked a bloody loogie, spit it into the swampy water and a garfish leaped up and ate it, I decided I had had enough.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 26, 2022

I was hooked on SecondLine Arts and Antiques the moment I spotted the necklace of raccoon vertebrae and beaded garfish scales.

From Washington Post • Mar. 28, 2019

For flavor I’d heard it’s a star fish, So I thought I might try cooking garfish.

From Washington Post • Sep. 9, 2015

They looked like garfish or brilliant white light.

From "An Abundance of Katherines" by John Green