gorebilln.
local.
A name of the garfish. (Cf. gore-fish n.)
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the world > animals > fish > superorder Acanthopterygii (spiny fins) > order Perciformes (perches) > order Atheriniformes > [noun] > member of family Belonidae (gar-fish)
horn-fishOE
hornkeckc1425
garfishc1440
horn-stocka1485
green-bone1525
hornbeak1565
thorn-beak1570
horn-back1598
needlefish1601
spit-fish1601
sea-needle1603
ganefish1611
snacot-fish1611
greenbacka1682
bill-fisha1757
gar1767
sea-pike1769
saury1771
gar-pike1776
sea-snipea1832
mackerel guide1835
long-nose1836
gore-fish1839
gorebill1862
mackerel-scout1880
Long Tom1881
snipe-eel1882
1862 Chambers's Encycl. IV. 625/1 It [the Garfish] is sometimes called Greenbone, Gorebill, and Mackerel-guide.
1881 Cassell's Nat. Hist. V. 68 The hooks being baited with smelt or a fish called the Gorebill.
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