3 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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Greenbone \Green"bone\, n. [So named because the bones are green when boiled.] (Zool.) (a) Any garfish ({Belone} or {Tylosurus}). (b) The European eelpout. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Eelpout \Eel"pout`\, n. [AS. ?lepute.] (Zo["o]l.) (a) A European fish ({Zoarces viviparus}), remarkable for producing living young; -- called also {greenbone}, {guffer}, {bard}, and {Maroona eel}. Also, an American species ({Z. anguillaris}), -- called also {mutton fish}, and, erroneously, {congo eel}, {ling}, and {lamper eel}. Both are edible, but of little value. (b) A fresh-water fish, the burbot. [1913 Webster]
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