spearfishes

Hunts fish underwater

Spearfishes is the plural of spearfish—a large, fast-swimming billfish related to marlins and sailfish, prized by sport fishers for their speed and fight.

As a verb, spearfishes means to hunt fish underwater using a spear or speargun: He spearfishes off the reef every summer.

species

marlin

Spear-snouted game fish

sailfishSwift, long-billed fish
swordfishFish with blade-like bill
wahooFast tropical game fish

barracuda · mahi-mahi · dorado · tuna · cobia · kingfish · gamefish · pelagic · billfish · predator

hunting

harpoon

Barbed spear for whales

freediveUnderwater descent, no apparatus
snorkelingSurface swimming with breathing tube
divingEntering water deliberately

wetsuit · fins · mask · underwater · stalking · target · catch · apnea · trident · sling

Opposites

fishing method

spearfishesangles

Rotation between intersecting lines

trolls · traps · trawls · jigging · nets

activity type

spearfishesconserves

Protects from depletion

snorkels

Family

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