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Gar Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Gar?

[n] elongate European surface-dwelling predacious fishes with long toothed jaws; abundant in coastal waters
[n] primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needle-like teeth

Synonyms | Synonyms for Gar: billfish | garfish | garpike | Lepisosteus osseus | needlefish

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See Also | Belonidae | family Belonidae | ganoid | ganoid fish | genus Lepisosteus | Lepisosteus | teleost | teleost fish | teleostan | timucu

Gar In Webster's Dictionary

\Gar\, n. [Prob. AS. g[=a]r dart, spear, lance. The name is applied to the fish on account of its long and slender body and pointed head. Cf. {Goad}, {Gore}, v.] (Zo["o]l.) (a) Any slender marine fish of the genera {Belone} and {Tylosurus}. See {Garfish}. (b) The gar pike. See {Alligator gar} (under {Alligator}), and {Gar pike}. {Gar pike}, or {Garpike} (Zo["o]l.), a large, elongated ganoid fish of the genus {Lepidosteus}, of several species, inhabiting the lakes and rivers of temperate and tropical America.
\Gar\, v. t. [Of Scand. origin. See {Gear}, n.] To cause; to make. [Obs. or Scot.] --Spenser.

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