Garfish

2 definitions found

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]:

  garfish
       n : primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard
           scales and having long jaws with needle-like teeth [syn:
           {gar}, {garpike}, {billfish}, {Lepisosteus osseus}]
       [also: {garfishes} (pl)]