spearfish

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun spearfish has 1 sense

spearfish(n = noun.animal) - any of several large vigorous pelagic fishes resembling sailfishes but with first dorsal fin much reduced; worldwide but rare;

is a kind of

billfish

is a member of genus tetrapturus, tetrapturus

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CIDE DICTIONARY

spearfish, n.

A large and powerful fish (Tetrapturus albidus) related to the swordfish, but having scales and ventral fins. It is found on the American coast and the Mediterranean. [1913 Webster]