Spearfish

Quick meaning: Spearfish is a noun meaning Any of the genus Tetrapturus of marlins, a type of fish with the upper jaw elongated into a spearlike bill.

Meaning

Any of the genus Tetrapturus of marlins, a type of fish with the upper jaw elongated into a spearlike bill.

More Meanings

1. Any striped marlin (Kajikia audax)
2. Any quillback (Carpioides cyprinus
3. (transitive, intransitive) To attempt to catch a fish using a spear or spear gun.
4. (transitive, intransitive) To fish for spearfish by any method.

Example Sentences

A Bajau diver spearfishes in Sulawesi.

Bart, who incidentally has designed an excellent diaphragm‐type call for geese and turkeys, once spearfished commercially in the British West Indies.

He always said freediving was the best way to spearfish because it required enormous patience and concentration, without the benefit of a scuba tank, to hold one’s position until the right prey came along.

Word Forms

• spearfishes
• spearfishing
• spearfished

Synonyms for spearfish

Depending on context, synonyms include marlin.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include marlin, submarine, spearfisher, fishspear, spearfisherman, spearfishery.

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