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# garfish

«garfish» in Mova's school dictionary: **A long, thin fish with a narrow beak-like jaw full of…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (a garfish; plural garfish or garfishes)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A long, thin fish with a narrow beak-like jaw full of sharp teeth. [tree →](https://md.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://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/garfish/#m2)

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

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «garfish» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/G/garfish/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.