garpike

gar·pike

 (gär′pīk′)

n.

1. A needlefish (Belone belone) of marine and brackish waters of the eastern Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea.

2. See gar¹.

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garpike

(ˈɡɑːˌpaɪk)

n

1. (Animals) Also called: garfish or gar any primitive freshwater elongated bony fish of the genus Lepisosteus, of North and Central America, having very long toothed jaws and a body covering of thick scales

2. (Animals) another name for garfish²

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gar

(gɑr)

n., pl. (esp. collectively) gar, (esp. for kinds or species) gars.

1. Also called garfish , garpike. any long-jawed freshwater ganoid fish of the genus Lepisosteus, of North America.

2. needlefish (def. 1).

[1755–65, Amer.; shortened form of garfish]

gar.

garage.

G.A.R.

Grand Army of the Republic.

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garpike - primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth billfish, gar, garfish, Lepisosteus osseus ganoid, 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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