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Added 10 October 2026

garfish

noun

noun Definition from WordNet 3.1, Princeton University. More about garfish at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

Primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth.

Origin

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

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