Gar

4 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Gar \Gar\, v. t. [Of Scand. origin. See {Gear}, n.]
     To cause; to make. [Obs. or Scot.] --Spenser.
     [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Garfish \Gar"fish`\, n. [See {Gar}, n.] (Zool.)
     (a) A European marine fish ({Belone vulgaris}); -- called
         also {gar}, {gerrick}, {greenback}, {greenbone},
         {gorebill}, {hornfish}, {longnose}, {mackerel guide},
         {sea needle}, and {sea pike}.
     (b) One of several species of similar fishes of the genus
         {Tylosurus}, of which one species ({T. marinus}) is
         common on the Atlantic coast. {T. Caribb[ae]us}, a very
         large species, and {T. crassus}, are more southern; --
         called also {needlefish}. Many of the common names of the
         European garfish are also applied to the American
         species.
         [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  gar
       n 1: primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard
            scales and having long jaws with needle-like teeth [syn:
             {garfish}, {garpike}, {billfish}, {Lepisosteus osseus}]
       2: elongate European surface-dwelling predacious fishes with
          long toothed jaws; abundant in coastal waters [syn: {needlefish},
           {billfish}]