Garpike

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}]