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English → English (WordNet)
Definition: garpike
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]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Garpike
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.
[1913 Webster]
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.
[1913 Webster]
Gar pike
\Gar" pike`\ or Garpike
\Gar"pike`\ (Zo["o]l.)
See under
Gar.
[1913 Webster]
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