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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD SPEARFISH

So named because of its long pointed jaw.
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PRONUNCIATION OF SPEARFISH

spearfish  [ˈspɪəˌfɪʃ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SPEARFISH

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Spearfish is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SPEARFISH


anglerfish
ˈæŋɡləˌfɪʃ
archerfish
ˈɑːtʃəˌfɪʃ
blowfish
ˈbləʊˌfɪʃ
butterfish
ˈbʌtəˌfɪʃ
catfish
ˈkætˌfɪʃ
crawfish
ˈkrɔːˌfɪʃ
crayfish
ˈkreɪˌfɪʃ
dealfish
ˈdiːlˌfɪʃ
dollarfish
ˈdɒləˌfɪʃ
goldfish
ˈɡəʊldˌfɪʃ
jellyfish
ˈdʒɛlɪˌfɪʃ
sailfish
ˈseɪlˌfɪʃ
shellfish
ˈʃɛlˌfɪʃ
silverfish
ˈsɪlvəˌfɪʃ
starfish
ˈstɑːˌfɪʃ
suckerfish
ˈsʌkəˌfɪʃ
swordfish
ˈsɔːdˌfɪʃ
triggerfish
ˈtrɪɡəˌfɪʃ
whitefish
ˈwaɪtˌfɪʃ
zebrafish
ˈzebrəˌfɪʃ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SPEARFISH

speaking voice
speakingly
speakout
spear
spear grass
spear gun
spear side
spear-phishing
spearcarrier
spearer
spearhead
spearlike
spearman
Spearman´s rank-order coefficient
Spearman´s rank-order correlation coefficient
spearmen
spearmint
Spears
spearwort
speary

WORDS THAT END LIKE SPEARFISH

big fish
boarfish
drink like a fish
dwarfish
fish
flatfish
flying fish
garfish
Golden Starfish
guitarfish
needlefish
oafish
oarfish
overfish
scarfish
selfish
serfish
stockfish
unselfish
viperfish

Synonyms and antonyms of spearfish in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «spearfish» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SPEARFISH

Find out the translation of spearfish to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of spearfish from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «spearfish» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

旗鱼
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

spearfish
570 millions of speakers

English

spearfish
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

Spearfish
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

سبيرفيش
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

Spearfish
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

spearfish
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

Spearfish
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

spearfish
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Spearfish
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Spearfish
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

フウライカジキ
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

스피어 피시
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Spearfish
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

spearfish
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

Spearfish
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

भातफिश
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

spearfish
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

spearfish
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

spearfish
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Spearfish
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

Spearfish
30 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Greek

spearfish
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Spearfish
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

Spear
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

Spear
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of spearfish

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SPEARFISH»

The term «spearfish» is regularly used and occupies the 77.671 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SPEARFISH» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «spearfish» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «spearfish» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about spearfish

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SPEARFISH»

Discover the use of spearfish in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to spearfish and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Spearfish
Scenic Spearfish Canyon and the Black Hills Passion Play attract thousands of tourists annually. Spearfish is the home of Black Hills State University, which began as a normal school and now has an enrollment of 3,900 students.
Jan Cerney, Roberta Sago, 2007
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Spearfish National Fish Hatchery
Spearfish National Fish Hatchery produced trout. Booth and crew, sometimes along with their families, made arduous annual forays into Yellowstone National Park to collect the spawn of “black~spotted trout,” as cutthroat trout were called at  ...
Booth Society, Inc., Inc Booth Society, 2013
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Exploring the Black Hills and Badlands
one bridged crossing of Little Spearfish Creek. Along the way you'll pass through a flower-filled meadow with views of the canyon walls, but the real attraction is the waterfall. A lower eight-foot drop is separated from the main thirty-foot drop by  ...
Hiram Rogers, 1999
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Moon Mount Rushmore & the Black Hills: Including the Badlands
The short trail to spearfish Falls begins at the north corner of the Latchstring Restaurant. The trail is easy and it is a great spot to get out of the car to stretch your legs. The trail is about 0.75-mile long and highlights the rich diversity of plant life in ...
Laural A. Bidwell, 2013
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Ken Schultz's Field Guide to Saltwater Fish
Longbill Spearfish longnose spearfish, Atlantic longbill spearfish; French: makaire becune; Japanese: kuchinaga, kuchinagafuura; Portuguese: espadim bicudo; Spanish: aguja picuda. Shortbill Spearfish shortnose spearfish; Arabic: kheil; ...
Ken Schultz, 2011
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Aquaculture of the United States: A Historical Survey
7K reassigned to Spearfish, where he becaine the youngest hatchery inanager in the federal systein. Leadville had excess fish eggs that they wanted to send to soineone. While Spearfish was still incoinplete in terins of equipinent. Booth told  ...
Robert R. Stickney, 1996
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The Billfish Story: Swordfish, Sailfish, Marlin, and Other ...
actually roundscale spearfish. The data for the entire sampling period (1992 to 2010) showed that of the 271 billfish initially viewed as white marlin, 57 were instead roundscale spearfish, almost 22 percent of the total landings. The propensity ...
Stan Ulanski, 2013
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Soil survey
SxaE— Spearfish-Nevee silt loams, 9 to 30 percent . slopes. These strongly sloping to steep soils are on uplands in the Red Valley. They formed in material weathered from reddish siltstone, sandstone, and silty shale. The shallow, excessively ...
United States Bureau of Chemistry and Soils, United States. Bureau of Plant Industry, United States. Bureau of Plant Industry, Soils, and Agricultural Engineering, 1990
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Soil survey
This map unit occurs as areas of a shallow, well drained, rolling to very steep Spearfish soil that are closely intermingled with areas of Rock outcrop. lt is in areas on uplands where slopes are short and are rough and broken. The Spearfish soil ...
United States. Bureau of Soils, United States. Bureau of Plant Industry, United States. Bureau of Plant Industry, Soils, and Agricultural Engineering, 1982
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A Bark in the Park: The 48 Best Places to Hike with Your Dog ...
jiittU The Park Spearfish Canyon is said to be six times more ancient than the Grand Canyon and is defined by beautiful limestone cliffs that provide a stunning backdrop for visitors along Spearfish Creek. Plant life in the 400-foot canyon is ...
Lucinda Schuft, 2003

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SPEARFISH»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term spearfish is used in the context of the following news items.
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Legion: Spearfish bounces back, on verge of region title
Spearfish Post 164's Tyler Kaiser (10) attempts to catch the ball in a pickoff to get Winner/Colome's Riley Calhoon (6) out at second base during Friday night's ... «Rapid City Journal, Jul 15»
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Two adults struck by lightning in Spearfish on Sunday
Both Strand and McSpadden were at the Spearfish Canyon Disc Golf Course Sunday night about 6 p.m. when the lightning hit. Another person who was with ... «Kotatv, Jul 15»
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Belle Fourche Man Killed In Spearfish Motorcycle-Car Crash
A collision involving a motorcycle and a car at a Spearfish area intersection killed the driver of the motorcycle and injured a passenger. The Lawrence County ... «KDLT News, Jul 15»
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Homeowners, Spearfish Settle Lawsuit Over Sewer Backups
Spearfish residents who sued the city over sewer backups have settled out of court for an undisclosed amount of money. Members of eight households in late ... «KELOLAND TV, Jul 15»
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Wildlife Service says no plans to close Spearfish hatchery
SPEARFISH — The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has no plans to close the D.C. Booth Historic National Fish Hatchery and Archives in South Dakota or move ... «Sioux Falls Argus Leader, Jul 15»
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Spearfish Woman Dies In Rollover Crash
Just before 3 p.m. Saturday, the pair were traveling south on 104th Avenue five miles northwest of Spearfish when the vehicle left the road and into the east ditch ... «KELOLAND TV, Jul 15»
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$210 million development proposed for Spearfish
SPEARFISHSpearfish could see an explosion in population and retail growth should a proposed development on the northwest end of town come to fruition. «Black Hills Pioneer, Jun 15»
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Mega Millions ticket sold in Spearfish worth $25000
SPEARFISH, S.D. (AP) - A Mega Millions ticket sold in Spearfish is worth $25,000 in the latest drawing. South Dakota lottery officials say the ticket matched four ... «Washington Times, Jun 15»
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Dakota Cash ticket sold in Spearfish more than $97000
SPEARFISH, - South Dakota lottery officials say a single ticket sold in Spearfish that won the Dakota Cash jackpot is worth more than $97,000. The ticket ... «KSFY, May 15»
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Spearfish taking control of airport, adding crosswind runway
SPEARFISH - The city of Spearfish is taking ownership of the local airport from Lawrence County and planning to add a paved crosswind runway. «KSFY, Apr 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Spearfish [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/spearfish>. Apr 2024 ».
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