Hypertext Webster Gateway: "gar"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.)
(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["o]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["o]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[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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
gar
n 1: primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard
scales and having long jaws with needle-like teeth [syn:
{garfish}, {garpike}, {billfish}, {Lepisosteus osseus}]
2: elongate European surface-dwelling predacious fishes with
long toothed jaws; abundant in coastal waters [syn: {needlefish},
{billfish}]
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