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Spearfish

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Noun

1. spearfish

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

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Spearfish

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noun plural -fish or -fishes
another name for marlin

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Spearfish

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nounWord forms: plural ˈspearˌfish or ˈspearˌfishes
1. 
any billfish; esp., any of a genus (Tetrapturus, family Istiophoridae) of large, percoid, food and game fishes of the open seas
verb intransitive
2. 
to fish with a spear or spear-thrusting device (spear gun)

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Spearfish

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n. pl. spearfish or spear·fish·es
Any of several large marine game fishes of the genus Tetrapturus that have the upper jaw elongated into a spearlike projection and are somewhat smaller than the related marlins.
intr.v. spear·fished, spear·fish·ing, spear·fish·es
To fish with a spear, spearlike implement, or spear gun.

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