About The Word Gar
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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 Related Terms | Find terms related to Gar: 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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