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  3  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  pike  \Gar"  pike`\  or  Garpike  \Gar"pike`\  (Zo["o]l.) 
  See  under  {Gar}. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  garpike 
  n  :  primitive  predaceous  North  American  fish  covered  with  hard 
  scales  and  having  long  jaws  with  needle-like  teeth  [syn: 
  {gar},  {garfish},  {billfish},  {Lepisosteus  osseus}] 




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