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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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