Hypertext Webster Gateway: "hornfish"

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Sauger \Sau"ger\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
An American fresh-water food fish ({Stizostedion Canadense});
-- called also {gray pike}, {blue pike}, {hornfish}, {land
pike}, {sand pike}, {pickering}, and {pickerel}.

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 Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)

Hornfish \Horn"fish`\, n. [AS. hornfisc.] (Zo["o]l.)
The garfish or sea needle.


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