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 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.
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a. Having a long nose (context used in the names of fish and other animals English).
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Usage examples of "longnose".
As she had suspected, Longnose and Scarcheek were crouching in a trunk notch in the next tree, their large dark eyes scanning the area where she had disappeared.
She returned her lightsaber to her utility belt, then used the Force to snap a small branch about thirty meters behind Longnose and Scarcheek.
As the Killiks dashed from tree to tree, dodging laser beams, she pushed Longnose up onto the bank.
She studied Longnose for a minute, touching him through the Force to make him uneasy, then deactivated her lightsaber and leaned in close.
They deposited him in the mud next to Longnose, then took up encircling positions and stood there clacking their huge mandibles.
It bunched itself tightly round his head, and Longnose looked quite different.
So, although the sun was shining beautifully, Longnose stayed indoors, hardly daring to look at himself in the glass.
This time it brushed his long, pointed ears, and Longnose lay trembling in bed, not daring to move.
Now, in his fortieth year, as he looked across the room at young Mallory, he realized he had grown up into Cyrano, another poor hapless longnose who fell in love and found it to be a bleak place where he lived by himself.