spearfishes

Variant of spearfish

spearfish definition

☆ spear·fish (spir′fis̸h′)

noun pl. spearfish -·fish′, spearfishes -·fish′es

any billfish; esp., any of a genus (Tetrapturus, family Istiophoridae) of large, percoid, food and game fishes of the open seas

intransitive verb

to fish with a spear or spear-thrusting device (spear gun)

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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