gar : Idioms & Phrases

• (Zoöl.), one of the gar pikes (Lepidosteus spatula) found in the southern rivers of the United States. The name is also applied to other species of gar pikes.

Webster 1913

Gar" pike`, Gar"pike` (Also<

• Gar pike
• Garpike

)

Definitions

1. (Zoöl.) See under Gar.

Webster 1913

• (Zoöl.), a large, elongated ganoid fish of the genus Lepidosteus, of several species, inhabiting the lakes and rivers of temperate and tropical America.

Webster 1913

• . (Zoöl.) See Billfish (a)

Webster 1913