Gar : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: Gar	by the DICT Development Group
4 results for Gar
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
gar n primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth Synonym(s): gar, garfish, garpike, billfish, Lepisosteus osseus elongate European surface-dwelling predacious fishes with long toothed jaws; abundant in coastal waters Synonym(s): needlefish, gar, billfish
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gar \Gar\, n. [Prob. AS. g[be]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[94]l.) (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}. {Gar pike}, [or] {Garpike} (Zo[94]l.), a large, elongated ganoid fish of the genus {Lepidosteus}, of several species, inhabiting the lakes and rivers of temperate and tropical America.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Gar \Gar\, v. t. [Of Scand. origin. See {Gear}, n.] To cause; to make. [Obs. or Scot.] --Spenser.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Garfish \Gar"fish`\, n. [See {Gar}, n.] (Zo[94]l.) (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[91]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.