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for garpike
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :
Gar pike \Gar" pike`\ or Garpike \Gar"pike`\ (Zool.)
See under Gar.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) :
garpike
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]
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