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- [gahr-fish]
- /ˈgɑrˌfɪʃ/
- /ˈgɑːfɪʃ/
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- [gahr-fish]
- /ˈgɑrˌfɪʃ/
Definitions of garfish word
- abbreviation GARFISH gar1 . 1
- noun garfish Any fish of the needlefish family Belonidae, with a long narrow body and needle-shaped jaws, especially the European species Belone belone. 1
- noun garfish an elongated European marine teleost fish, Belone belone, with long toothed jaws: related to the flying fishes 0
- noun garfish any of various marine or estuarine fish with a long needle-like lower jaw 0
- abbreviation GARFISH gar 0
- noun garfish Any North or Central American fish of the family Lepisosteidae. 0
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Origin of garfish
First appearance:
before 1400 One of the 24% oldest English words
1400-50; late Middle English; compare Old English gār spear
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Parts of speech for Garfish
noun
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verb
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preposition
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garfish popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 53% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.
garfish usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerTop questions with garfish
- how to catch garfish?
- how to cook garfish fillets?
- how to fillet a garfish?
- how to fillet garfish?
- what bait to use for garfish?
- how to make garfish balls?
- how to fish for garfish?
- what is a garfish?
- how to cook garfish?
- how to clean garfish?
- how to fish garfish?
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