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Any fish of the needlefish family Belonidae, with a long narrow body and needle-shaped jaws, especially the European species Belone belone.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Ireland, UK, especially
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: needlefish, long-nose, sea needle, common hornbeak, garpike
Antonyms: none provided
Any North or Central American fish of the family Lepisosteidae.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Canada, US, especially
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Meaning relationships
Synonyms: gar, garpike
Antonyms: none provided
primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: gar, garpike, billfish, Lepisosteus osseus
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: ganoid, ganoid fish
From Middle English garfysche (“garfish”, literally “spear-fish”), from gor (“spear”) + fisch (“fish”). Cognate with Scots gairfish (“garfish”).
Across languages
Translations
50 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Abkhaz:
агәы́рԥсыӡ
(agwə́rpsədz)
— fish of family Belonidae
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Assamese:
কঁকিলা
(kõkila)
— fish of family Belonidae
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Assamese:
কঁকিলা মাছ
(kõkila mas)
— fish of family Belonidae
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Asturian:
chínfanu
— fish of family Belonidae
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Asturian:
aguya
— fish of family Belonidae
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Basque:
akula
— fish of family Belonidae
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Bulgarian:
зарган
(zargan)
— fish of family Belonidae
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Catalan:
agulla
— fish of family Belonidae
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Chinese Mandarin:
長嘴硬鱗魚 /长嘴硬鳞鱼
(cháng zuǐyìng línyú)
— fish of family Belonidae
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Cornish:
garek
— fish of family Belonidae
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Cornish:
garek
— fish of family Belonidae
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Dutch:
geep
— fish of family Belonidae
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Finnish:
nokkakala
— fish of family Belonidae
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French:
orphie
— fish of family Belonidae
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Galician:
agulla
— fish of family Belonidae
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Galician:
chandarme
— fish of family Belonidae
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Georgian:
ზღვისქარიყლაპიასებრნი
(zɣviskariq̇laṗiasebrni)
— fish of family Belonidae
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German:
Hornhecht
— fish of family Belonidae
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Greek:
ζαργάνα
(zargána)
— fish of family Belonidae
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Irish:
corr uaine
— fish of family Belonidae
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Irish:
ronnach Spáinneach
— fish of family Belonidae
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Irish:
spéirlint fharraige
— fish of family Belonidae
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Irish:
spéirlint mhara
— fish of family Belonidae
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Japanese:
ガーフィッシュ
(gāfisshu)
— fish of family Belonidae
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Māori:
hangenge
— fish of family Belonidae
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Māori:
takeke
— fish of family Belonidae
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Norman:
orfi
— fish of family Belonidae
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Norwegian Bokmål:
horngjel
— fish of family Belonidae
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Old English:
hornfisċ
— fish of family Belonidae
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Polish:
belona
— fish of family Belonidae
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Portuguese:
peixe-agulha
— fish of family Belonidae
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Romanian:
zărgan
— fish of family Belonidae
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Romanian:
țipar-de-mare
— fish of family Belonidae
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Romanian:
știucă-de-mare
— fish of family Belonidae
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Russian:
сарга́н
(sargán)
— fish of family Belonidae
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Spanish:
aguja
— fish of family Belonidae
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Tagalog:
haba
— fish of family Belonidae
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Tagalog:
isang-haba
— fish of family Belonidae
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Turkish:
zargana
— fish of family Belonidae
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Ottoman Turkish:
زارغنه
(zargana)
— fish of family Belonidae
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Udmurt:
пукыӵ
(pukyč)
— fish of family Belonidae
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Ukrainian:
сарга́н
(sarhán)
— fish of family Belonidae
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Unami:
òpënchahke
— fish of family Belonidae
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Welsh:
cornbig
— fish of family Belonidae
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Finnish:
luuhauki
— fish of family Lepisosteidae
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German:
Knochenhecht
— fish of family Lepisosteidae
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Polish:
niszczuka
— fish of family Lepisosteidae
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Polish:
łuskost
— fish of family Lepisosteidae
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Russian:
па́нцирник
(páncirnik)
— fish of family Lepisosteidae
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Russian:
па́нцирная щу́ка
(páncirnaja ščúka)
— fish of family Lepisosteidae
