SPEARFISH

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: spearfishes   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Any of several large vigorous pelagic fishes resembling sailfishes but with first dorsal fin much reduced; worldwide but rare

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("spearfish" is a kind of...):

billfish (giant warm-water game fish having a prolonged and rounded toothless upper jaw)

Holonyms ("spearfish" is a member of...):

genus Tetrapturus; Tetrapturus (a genus of Istiophoridae)

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