Gar

gar
    n 1: primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard
         scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth [syn:
         {gar}, {garfish}, {garpike}, {billfish}, {Lepisosteus
         osseus}]
    2: elongate European surface-dwelling predacious fishes with
       long toothed jaws; abundant in coastal waters [syn:
       {needlefish}, {gar}, {billfish}]
    

Gar \Gar\, v. t. [Of Scand. origin. See {Gear}, n.]
   To cause; to make. [Obs. or Scot.] --Spenser.
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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.] (Zool.)
   (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}.
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   {Gar pike}, or {Garpike} (Zool.), a large, elongated ganoid
      fish of the genus {Lepidosteus}, of several species,
      inhabiting the lakes and rivers of temperate and tropical
      America.
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Garfish \Gar"fish`\, n. [See {Gar}, n.] (Zool.)
   (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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