Garpike

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)
garpike
    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}]
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Gar pike \Gar" pike`\ or Garpike \Gar"pike`\ (Zool.)
   See under {Gar}.
   [1913 Webster]
from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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}.
       [1913 Webster]

   {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.
      [1913 Webster]
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