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Definition: Gar pike
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.
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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.
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Gar pike
\Gar" pike`\ or Garpike
\Gar"pike`\ (Zo["o]l.)
See under
Gar.
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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now superseded by the bayonet.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. (Zo["o]l.) 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 (Zo["o]l.), 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 (Zo["o]l.), a finback whale of the North
Atlantic (
Bal[ae]noptera rostrata), having an elongated
snout; -- called also
piked whale.
Sand pike (Zo["o]l.), the lizard fish.
Sea pike (Zo["o]l.), the garfish
(a) .
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