"spearfish" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: spearfishes [plural], spearfish [plural]
Etymology: spear + fish Etymology templates: {{compound|en|spear|fish}} spear + fish Head templates: {{en-noun|+|spearfish}} spearfish (plural spearfishes or spearfish)
  1. Any of the genus Tetrapturus of marlins, a type of fish with the upper jaw elongated into a spearlike bill. Categories (lifeform): Scombroids
    Sense id: en-spearfish-en-noun-YzHX01A8 Disambiguation of Scombroids: 25 14 5 28 28
  2. Any striped marlin (Kajikia audax) Categories (lifeform): Scombroids Translations (Translations): paea (Maori), yelken balığı (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-spearfish-en-noun-QX2Vz87d Disambiguation of Scombroids: 25 14 5 28 28 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 24 36 13 22 6 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 20 36 21 18 5 Disambiguation of 'Translations': 30 51 19
  3. Any quillback (Carpioides cyprinus
    Sense id: en-spearfish-en-noun-bveSagJj
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: Atlantic longbill spearfish (taxonomic: Tetrapturus pfluegeri), Japanese spearfish (taxonomic: Tetrapturus angustirostris), longbill spearfish (taxonomic: Tetrapturus pfluegeri), Mediterranean shortbill spearfish (taxonomic: Tetrapturus belone), Mediterranean spearfish (taxonomic: Tetrapturus belone), roundscale spearfish (taxonomic: Tetrapturus georgii), shortbill spearfish (taxonomic: Tetrapturus angustirostris), slender spearfish (taxonomic: Tetrapturus angustirostris), spearfish remora (taxonomic: Remora brachyptera), spearfishsucker (taxonomic: Remora brachyptera)

Verb [English]

Forms: spearfishes [present, singular, third-person], spearfishing [participle, present], spearfished [participle, past], spearfished [past]
Etymology: spear + fish Etymology templates: {{compound|en|spear|fish}} spear + fish Head templates: {{en-verb}} spearfish (third-person singular simple present spearfishes, present participle spearfishing, simple past and past participle spearfished)
  1. To try to catch a fish using a spear or spear gun. Categories (lifeform): Scombroids
    Sense id: en-spearfish-en-verb-68m7RhtP Disambiguation of Scombroids: 25 14 5 28 28
  2. To fish for spearfish by any method. Categories (lifeform): Scombroids
    Sense id: en-spearfish-en-verb-PdWVNVlE Disambiguation of Scombroids: 25 14 5 28 28
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: spearfishing

Inflected forms

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