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gar 音标拼音: [g'ɑr] n. 长嘴硬鳞鱼 长嘴硬鳞鱼 gar n 1: primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth [ synonym: { gar}, { garfish}, { garpike}, { billfish}, { Lepisosteus osseus}] 2: elongate European surface- dwelling predacious fishes with long toothed jaws; abundant in coastal waters [ synonym: { needlefish}, { gar}, { billfish}] Gar \ Gar\, v. t. [ Of Scand. origin. See { Gear}, n.] To cause; to make. [ Obs. or Scot.] -- Spenser. [ 1913 Webster]
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.] ( Zool.) ( 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}. [ 1913 Webster] { Gar pike}, or { Garpike} ( Zool.), a large, elongated ganoid fish of the genus { Lepidosteus}, of several species, inhabiting the lakes and rivers of temperate and tropical America. [ 1913 Webster]
Garfish \ Gar" fish`\, n. [ See { Gar}, n.] ( Zool.) ( 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. [ 1913 Webster]
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