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gar
<zoology> Any slender marine fish of the genera Belone and Tylosurus. See Garfish.

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

<zoology> Gar pike, or Garpike, a large, elongated ganoid fish of the genus Lepidosteus, of several species, inhabiting the lakes and rivers of temperate and tropical America.

Origin: Prob. AS. Gar dart, spear, lance. The name is applied to the fish on account of its long and slender body and pointed head. Cf. Goad, Gore.

Source: Websters Dictionary