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for Gar
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Gar \Gar\, v. t. [Of Scand. origin. See Gear, n.]
To cause; to make. [Obs. or Scot.] --Spenser.
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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.
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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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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
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">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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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) :
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]
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