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garfish
n.
species of freshwater predatory fish with a long pointed snout (native to North America)
Garfish
garfish
Noun
1. primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needle-like teeth
(synonym) gar, garpike, billfish, Lepisosteus osseus
(hypernym) ganoid, ganoid fish
(member-holonym) Lepisosteus, genus Lepisosteus
Garfish
(n.)
One of several species of similar fishes of the genus Tylosurus, of which one species (T. marinus) is common on the Atlantic coast. T. Caribbaeus, 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.
(n.)
A European marine fish (Belone vulgaris); -- called also gar, gerrick, greenback, greenbone, gorebill, hornfish, longnose, mackerel guide, sea needle, and sea pike.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter.
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