garfish

Meaning

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.

Related

Similar words

• needlefish, long-nose, sea needle
• gar, garpike

Origin

• From Middle English garfysche, equivalent to gar + fish.