garfishn.

Brit.

/ˈɡɑːfɪʃ/, U.S.

/ˈɡɑrˌfɪʃ/

Forms: Middle English garfysshe, 1500s garefish, 1600s garre-, 1700s gair-, 1800s gur(d)-, guard-, 1600s– garfish. See also gar n.

Etymology: apparently < gare n.¹ + fish n.¹, in allusion to its long sharp nose.

A fish ( Belone vulgaris) with a long spear-like snout, called also green-bone, horn-fish, sea-pike, etc. In America and Australia the name is given to other fishes of similar form, e.g. to various species of Lepidosteus and Hemirhamphus.

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the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > order Atheriniformes > [noun] > member of family Belonidae (gar-fish)

horn-fishOE

hornkeckc1425

garfishc1440

horn-stocka1485

green-bone1525

hornbeak1565

thorn-beak1570

horn-back1598

needlefish1601

spit-fish1601

sea-needle1603

ganefish1611

snacot-fish1611

greenbacka1682

bill-fisha1757

gar1767

sea-pike1769

saury1771

gar-pike1776

sea-snipea1832

mackerel guide1835

long-nose1836

gore-fish1839

gorebill1862

mackerel-scout1880

Long Tom1881

snipe-eel1882

c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 247/1 Horn keke, fysche (S. horne stoke; P. hornkek, or garfysshe).

1577 W. Harrison Descr. Eng. (1878) iii. iii. ii. 21 Of the long sort are congers, eeles, garefish, and such other of that forme.

1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Orphie, the Hornebeake, Hornekecke, Piper-fish, Garre-fish.

1699 L. Wafer New Voy. & Descr. Isthmus Amer. 126 There is another sort of Fish on the North-Sea Coast, which our Sea-men call Gar-fish..They have a long Bone on the Snout..and 'tis very sharp at the end.

1756 P. Browne Civil & Nat. Hist. Jamaica ii. iii. 443 The Gar-Fish. Both the jaws of this fish are long and slender, and furnished with sharp conic teeth.

1811 P. Neill in Mem. Wernerian Nat. Hist. Soc. 1 541 Esox..Belone, sea-pike; gar-pike; guard-fish.

1850 J. B. Clutterbuck Port Phillip iii. 44 In the bay are large quantities of..guard-fish.

1854 C. D. Badham Prose Halieutics 304 Those singular green bones of the spine which are peculiar to the gar-fish.

1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Miner's Right III. xxxviii. 185 I wonder if they have got any of those delicious garfish for us.

attributive.1775 B. Romans Conc. Nat. Hist. E. & W. Florida 96 They make them frequently undergo scratching from head to foot through the skin with broken glass or gar fish teeth.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	garfish
释义	garfishn. Brit. /ˈɡɑːfɪʃ/, U.S. /ˈɡɑrˌfɪʃ/ Forms: Middle English garfysshe, 1500s garefish, 1600s garre-, 1700s gair-, 1800s gur(d)-, guard-, 1600s– garfish. See also gar n. Etymology: apparently < gare n.¹ + fish n.¹, in allusion to its long sharp nose. A fish ( Belone vulgaris) with a long spear-like snout, called also green-bone, horn-fish, sea-pike, etc. In America and Australia the name is given to other fishes of similar form, e.g. to various species of Lepidosteus and Hemirhamphus. ΘΚΠ the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > order Atheriniformes > [noun] > member of family Belonidae (gar-fish) horn-fishOE hornkeckc1425 garfishc1440 horn-stocka1485 green-bone1525 hornbeak1565 thorn-beak1570 horn-back1598 needlefish1601 spit-fish1601 sea-needle1603 ganefish1611 snacot-fish1611 greenbacka1682 bill-fisha1757 gar1767 sea-pike1769 saury1771 gar-pike1776 sea-snipea1832 mackerel guide1835 long-nose1836 gore-fish1839 gorebill1862 mackerel-scout1880 Long Tom1881 snipe-eel1882 c1440 Promptorium Parvulorum 247/1 Horn keke, fysche (S. horne stoke; P. hornkek, or garfysshe). 1577 W. Harrison Descr. Eng. (1878) iii. iii. ii. 21 Of the long sort are congers, eeles, garefish, and such other of that forme. 1611 R. Cotgrave Dict. French & Eng. Tongues Orphie, the Hornebeake, Hornekecke, Piper-fish, Garre-fish. 1699 L. Wafer New Voy. & Descr. Isthmus Amer. 126 There is another sort of Fish on the North-Sea Coast, which our Sea-men call Gar-fish..They have a long Bone on the Snout..and 'tis very sharp at the end. 1756 P. Browne Civil & Nat. Hist. Jamaica ii. iii. 443 The Gar-Fish. Both the jaws of this fish are long and slender, and furnished with sharp conic teeth. 1811 P. Neill in Mem. Wernerian Nat. Hist. Soc. 1 541 Esox..Belone, sea-pike; gar-pike; guard-fish. 1850 J. B. Clutterbuck Port Phillip iii. 44 In the bay are large quantities of..guard-fish. 1854 C. D. Badham Prose Halieutics 304 Those singular green bones of the spine which are peculiar to the gar-fish. 1890 ‘R. Boldrewood’ Miner's Right III. xxxviii. 185 I wonder if they have got any of those delicious garfish for us. attributive.1775 B. Romans Conc. Nat. Hist. E. & W. Florida 96 They make them frequently undergo scratching from head to foot through the skin with broken glass or gar fish teeth. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.c1440
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