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Definition of spearfish

Spearfish
Spearfish Spear"fish`, n. (Zo["o]l.) (a) A large and powerful fish (Tetrapturus albidus) related to the swordfish, but having scales and ventral fins. It is found on the American coast and the Mediterranean. (b) The carp sucker.
spearfish
Quillback Quill"back`, n. (Zo["o]l.) An American fresh-water fish (Ictiobus, or Carpiodes, cyprinus); -- called also carp sucker, sailfish, spearfish, and skimback.

Meaning of spearfish from wikipedia

- Spearfishing is fishing using handheld elongated, sharp-pointed tools such as a spear, gig, or harpoon, to impale the fish in the body. It was one of the...
- Look up spearfish in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Spearfish may refer to: Spearfish, South Dakota, United States North Spearfish, South Dakota, United...
- The Spearfish torpedo (formally Naval Staff Target 7525) is the heavy torpedo used by the submarines of the Royal Navy. It can be guided by wire or by...
- Spearfish (Lakota: Hočhápȟe) is a city in Lawrence County, South Dakota, United States. The po****tion was 12,193 at the time of the 2020 census, making...
- The Fairey Spearfish was a British carrier-based, single-engined, torpedo bomber/dive bomber that was ordered from Fairey Aviation for the Fleet Air Arm...
- The shortbill spearfish (Tetrapturus angustirostris), sometimes called the short-nosed spearfish, is a species of marlin native to the Indian and Pacific...
- USS Spearfish (SS-190), a Sargo-class submarine, was the only ship of the United States Navy to be named for the spearfish, any of several large, powerful...
- The roundscale spearfish (Tetrapturus georgii) is an Istiophoridae species of marlin living in the epipelagic zone of the Atlantic Ocean. It has long...
- The Mediterranean spearfish (Tetrapturus belone) is a species of marlin native to the Mediterranean Sea where it is particularly common around Italy,...
- The longbill spearfish (Tetrapturus pfluegeri) is a species of marlin native to the Atlantic Ocean where it is found above the thermocline in open waters...