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# garfish

noun (a garfish; plural garfish or garfishes)

«garfish» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A long, thin fish with a narrow beak-like jaw full of sharp teeth. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/garfish/#m1)
2. (Australia, New Zealand) A similar slim fish called a halfbeak, popular for eating and fishing. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/garfish/#m2)

### In the lessons

In science lessons on sea life: garfish are fast hunters near the surface. In Australia «gar» are a common catch from jetties. Kipling's Just So Stories have sea creatures, and garfish appear in seaside fishing.

### Examples

- A garfish has a long pointed beak. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/garfish/#x1)
- The garfish swam fast near the surface. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/garfish/#x2)
- We caught garfish off the jetty in Adelaide. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/garfish/#x3)
- Garfish have green bones, which surprises people. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/garfish/#x4)
- The fisherman sold fresh garfish at the market. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/garfish/#x5)
- A shoal of garfish flashed in the sunlight. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/garfish/#x6)

### Note

Plural is usually «garfish» (like «fish»). Often shortened to «gar». The «gar» in its name is an old word for a spear.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «garfish» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/garfish/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«garfish» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/garfish.html) on Mova free.