资料来源 : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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.
Gar pike \Gar" pike`\ or Garpike \Gar"pike`\ (Zo["o]l.)
See under {Gar}.
资料来源 : WordNet®
garpike
n : primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard
scales and having long jaws with needle-like teeth [syn:
{gar}, {garfish}, {billfish}, {Lepisosteus osseus}]