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Garpike

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.] (Zo["o]l.)

  1. Any slender marine fish of the genera Belone and Tylosurus. See Garfish.

  2. The gar pike. See Alligator gar (under Alligator), and Gar pike.

    Gar pike, or Garpike (Zo["o]l.), a large, elongated ganoid fish of the genus Lepidosteus, of several species, inhabiting the lakes and rivers of temperate and tropical America.

Garpike

Gar pike \Gar" pike`\ or Garpike \Gar"pike`\ (Zo["o]l.) See under Gar.

Wiktionary
garpike

n. gar; garfish

WordNet
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]

Usage examples of "garpike".

Occasionally he caught sight of a big garpike slithering past on the way to its spawning ground upriver.