gar-fish

  • 81garfish — noun a) fish of the family Belonidae and genus Belone, with a long narrow body and needle shaped jaws b) the gar (fish of the family Lepisosteidae) …

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  • 82green-bone — North Country (Newcastle) Words the gar fish, or needle fish; taken on the coast of N d …

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  • 83sea-needle — n. Gar fish, snook, greenbone, garpike, snacot, sea pike, long nose, gore bill, sword fish, mackerel guide (Esox belone or Belone vulgaris) …

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  • 84spider web bait — a thick ball of spider webs used to catch gar fish that are entangled by their small teeth …

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  • 85greenbone — n. Sea pike. See gar fish …

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  • 86holostean — ▪ fish Introduction       any member of a group of primitive bony fishes (bony fish) that make up one of the three major subdivisions of the superclass Actinopterygii (ray finned fishes). Holosteans are represented today by the bowfins (bowfin)… …

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  • 87Garpike — 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 …

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  • 88garnish — gar|nish1 [ garnıʃ ] verb transitive 1. ) to add something to a dish of food to make it look more attractive: garnish something with something: Garnish the fish with lemon slices. 2. ) garnish or garnishee to take a part of the money that someone …

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  • 89garibaldi — [ˌgarɪ bɔ:ldi, baldi] noun (plural garibaldis) 1》 Brit. a biscuit containing a layer of compressed currants. 2》 a small bright orange marine fish found off California. [Hypsypops rubicundus.] Origin C19: named after the Italian patriot Guiseppe… …

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  • 90gharial — [ garɪα:l, ˌgʌrɪ α:l, gɛ:rɪəl] (also gavial) noun a large fish eating crocodile with a long, narrow snout that widens at the nostrils, native to the Indian subcontinent. [Gavialis gangeticus.] Origin C19: from Hindi ghaṛiyāl …

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