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How to pronounce “spearfish”
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Pronunciation guide for spearfish
- Learning goal
- Practice the English pronunciation of spearfish with real speech in context.
- Available examples
- 3 YouTube examples
- Real speech example
- Sean Sherman: Why aren't there more Native American restaurants?
I grew up in Spearfish and in South Dakota in the Black Hills.
- Definition summary
- Any of the genus Tetrapturus of marlins, a type of fish with the upper jaw elongated into a spearlike bill.
Example 1 of 3
How to pronounce spearfish
Sean Sherman: Why aren't there more Native American restaurants?

I grew up in Spearfish and in South Dakota in the Black Hills.
Example Sentences
A Deep Dive Into “spearfish”
Meaning
- [Noun]
- Any of the genus Tetrapturus of marlins, a type of fish with the upper jaw elongated into a spearlike bill.
- Any striped marlin (Kajikia audax)
- Any quillback (Carpioides cyprinus
- [Verb]
- (transitive, intransitive) To attempt to catch a fish using a spear or spear gun.
- (transitive, intransitive) To fish for spearfish by any method.
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