SPEARFISH (spearfishes)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: spearfishes   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does spearfish mean? 

• SPEARFISH (noun)
  The noun SPEARFISH has 1 sense:

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

  Familiarity information: SPEARFISH used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SPEARFISH (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("spearfish" is a kind of...):

billfish (giant warm-water game fish having a prolonged and rounded toothless upper jaw)

Holonyms ("spearfish" is a member of...):

genus Tetrapturus; Tetrapturus (a genus of Istiophoridae)