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4 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Gar \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. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Gar \Gar\, v. t. [Of Scand. origin. See {Gear}, n.] To cause to make [Obs. or Scot.] --Spenser. From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Garfish \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. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: gar n 1: primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needle-like teeth [syn: {garfish}, {garpike}, {billfish}, {Lepisosteus osseus}] 2: elongate European surface-dwelling predacious fishes with long toothed jaws; abundant in coastal waters [syn: {needlefish}, {billfish}]
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