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Look up: Gar-Fish

  1. Gar-Fish
    The gar-fish (Lepidosteus, bony pike, sea-pike, gar-pike, sea-needle) is a long and slende sea fish of the genus Belone, about 90cm long. The head projects forward into a very long sharp snout. The sides and belly are of a bright osilvery colour and the back is green. They are found in North American lakes and rivers.
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/nol.php

  2. Garfish
    Gar'fish` noun [ See Gar , noun ] (Zoology) (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 ...
    Found on http://www.encyclo.co.uk/webster/G/9

  3. garfish
    <zoology> A European marine fish (Belone vulgaris); called also gar, gerrick, greenback, greenbone, gorebill, hornfish, longnose, mackerel guide, sea needle, and sea pike. ... One of several species of similar fishes of the genus Tylosurus, of which one species (T. Marinus) is common on the Atlantic coast. T. Caribbaeus, a very large species, ...
    Found on http://www.mondofacto.com/facts/dictiona

  4. garfish
    garpike noun primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth
    Found on http://wordnet.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?

  5. Garfish
    The `garfish`, `Belone belone`, is a pelagic, oceanodromous needlefish found in brackish and marine waters of the Eastern Atlantic, the Mediterranean Sea, the Baltic Sea, etc. The fish lives close to the surface and has a migratory pattern similar to that of the mackerel. They feed on small fishes and leap out of the water when hooked. The Garfish are oviparous and the eggs are often found attached to objects in the water by tendrils on the egg's...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Garfish

  6. Garfish
    • (n.) One of several species of similar fishes of the genus Tylosurus, of which one species (T. marinus) is common on the Atlantic coast. T. Caribbaeus, 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. • (n.) A Eu...
    Found on http://thinkexist.com/dictionary/meaning

  7. garfish
    European species of needlefish (q.v.).
    Found on http://www.britannica.com/eb/a-z/g/9

  8. garfish
    garfish: see gar; needlefish.
    Found on http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/sci/A09137

  9. Gargoyle fish
    The `gargoyle fish` or `small-eye rattail`, `Caelorinchus mirus`, is a rattail of the genus `Caelorinchus`, found around southeast Australia and between New Zealand and the Chatham Islands, at depths of between 130 and 800 m. Its length is between 20 to 35 cm. The uncommon gargoyle fish has the usual greatly elongated and pointed tail of the rattails, but has smaller eyes, and a high first dorsal fin. Body colour is greyish, with indistinct da...
    Found on http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gargoyle_fi


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