Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun A kind of sailfish, Histiophorus americanus, so called from the long sharp snout. See Histiophorus, and cut under sailfish.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Zoöl.) See sailfish (a)

from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.

  • noun The sailfish.

Etymologies

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spike +‎ fish

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