peixe-agulha — meaning in English

English meaning

• gar noun A long, slender freshwater fish with narrow, tooth-filled jaws, found mainly in North America.
• garfish noun A long, thin fish with narrow, needle-like jaws, found especially in European waters.

Senses

peixe-agulha is used for these senses in English:

• gar (especially, UK, Ireland) A garfish, Belone belone.
• garfish (especially, UK, Ireland) Any fish of the needlefish family Belonidae, with a long narrow body and needle-shaped jaws, especially the European species Belone belone.

garfish — full definition

1. noun A long, thin fish with narrow, needle-like jaws, found especially in European waters.
2. noun A fish found in North or Central America, belonging to the Lepisosteidae family.

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