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Garfish

Garfish Meaning & Definition
Garfish Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Garfish?

[n] primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needle-like teeth

Synonyms | Synonyms for Garfish: billfish | gar | garpike | Lepisosteus osseus

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See Also | ganoid | ganoid fish | genus Lepisosteus | Lepisosteus

Garfish In Webster's Dictionary

\Gar"fish`\, n. [See {Gar}, n.] (Zo["o]l.) (a) A European marine fish ({Belone vulgaris}); -- called also {gar}, {gerrick}, {greenback}, {greenbone}, {gorebill}, {hornfish}, {longnose}, {mackerel guide}, {sea needle}, and {sea pike}. (b) One of several species of similar fishes of the genus {Tylosurus}, of which one species ({T. marinus}) is common on the Atlantic coast. {T. Caribb[ae]us}, a very large species, and {T. crassus}, are more southern; -- called also {needlefish}. Many of the common names of the European garfish are also applied to the American species.

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