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Primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needle-like teeth
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garfish
Word definitions for garfish in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Garfish \Gar"fish`\, n. [See Gar , n.] (Zo["o]l.) A European marine fish ( Belone vulgaris ); -- called also gar , gerrick , greenback , greenbone , gorebill , hornfish , longnose , mackerel guide , sea needle , and sea pike . One of several species of ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
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)]
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. 1 Any fish of the needlefish family ''(taxlink Belonidae family noshow=1)'', with a long narrow body and needle-shaped jaws, especially the European species (taxlink Belone belone species noshow=1). 2 Any North or Central American fish of the family ...
Wikipedia
Word definitions in Wikipedia
The garfish ( Belone belone ), or sea needle , is a pelagic , oceanodromous needlefish found in brackish and marine waters of the Atlantic , the Mediterranean Sea , Caribbean Sea and the Baltic Sea .
Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
mid-15c., from gar + fish (n.).
Usage examples of garfish.
Entering by canoe at Shark River, you would be among woodpeckers and mockingbirds, alligators and bullfrogs, garfish and bass, white-tailed deer and possibly otters.