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2 definitions found 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]: garfish n : primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needle-like teeth [syn: {gar}, {garpike}, {billfish}, {Lepisosteus osseus}]
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