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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
Any of the genus Tetrapturus of marlins, a type of fish with the upper jaw elongated into a spearlike bill..
Bart, who incidentally has designed an excellent diaphragm‐type call for geese and turkeys, once spearfished commercially in the British West Indies.
A Bajau diver spearfishes in Sulawesi.
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.
Use spearfish when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Spearfish means Any of the genus Tetrapturus of marlins, a type of fish with the upper jaw elongated into a spearlike bill..
Common synonyms include marlin.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Bart, who incidentally has designed an excellent diaphragm‐type call for geese and turkeys, once spearfished commercially in the British West Indies.
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