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  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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  Sea pike \Sea" pike`\ (Zool.)
     (a) The garfish.
     (b) A large serranoid food fish ({Centropomus undecimalis)
         found on both coasts of America; -- called also robalo.
     (c) The merluce.
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  Pike \Pike\, n. [F. pique; perhaps of Celtic origin; cf. W. pig
     a prick, a point, beak, Arm. pik pick. But cf. also L. picus
     woodpecker (see Pie magpie), and E. spike. Cf. Pick, n. &
     v., Peak, Pique.]
     1. (Mil.) A foot soldier's weapon, consisting of a long
        wooden shaft or staff, with a pointed steel head. It is
        now superseded by the bayonet.
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     2. A pointed head or spike; esp., one in the center of a
        shield or target. --Beau. & Fl.
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     3. A hayfork. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] --Tusser.
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     4. A pick. [Prov. Eng.] --Wright. Raymond.
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     5. A pointed or peaked hill. [R.]
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     6. A large haycock. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.
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     7. A turnpike; a toll bar. --Dickens.
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     8. (Zool.) sing. & pl. A large fresh-water fish ({Esox
        lucius), found in Europe and America, highly valued as a
        food fish; -- called also pickerel, gedd, luce, and
        jack.
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     Note: Blue pike, grass pike, green pike, wall-eyed pike, and
           yellow pike, are names, not of true pike, but of the
           wall-eye. See Wall-eye.
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     Gar pike. See under Gar.
  
     Pike perch (Zool.), any fresh-water fish of the genus
        Stizostedion (formerly Lucioperca). See Wall-eye,
        and Sauger.
  
     Pike pole, a long pole with a pike in one end, used in
        directing floating logs.
  
     Pike whale (Zool.), a finback whale of the North Atlantic
        ({Bal[ae]noptera rostrata), having an elongated snout; --
        called also piked whale.
  
     Sand pike (Zool.), the lizard fish.
  
     Sea pike (Zool.), the garfish
        (a) .
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  Merluce \Mer"luce\, n. [F. merluche, merlus.] (Zool.)
     The European hake; -- called also herring hake and sea
     pike.
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