gar·fish (gär f sh )n. pl. garfish or gar·fish·es See gar1. [Middle English : gare, spear (from Old English g  r) + fish, fish; see fish.] |
garfish [ˈgɑːˌfɪʃ]
n pl -fish, -fishes
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) another name for garpike [1]
2. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) an elongated European marine teleost fish, Belone belone, with long toothed jaws: related to the flying fishes
3. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of various marine or estuarine fish with a long needle-like lower jaw
[Old English gār spear + fish]
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| Noun | 1. |  garfish - primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needlelike teethganoid, ganoid fish - primitive fishes having thick bony scales with a shiny covering genus Lepisosteus, Lepisosteus - type genus of the Lepisosteidae: freshwater gars |
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