3 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Gar pike \Gar" pike`\ or Garpike \Gar"pike`\ (Zool.) See under {Gar}. [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 WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: 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}]
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