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Definition of Gars

Gar
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
Gar Gar, v. t. [Of Scand. origin. See Gear, n.] To cause; to make. [Obs. or Scot.] --Spenser.
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Garfish Gar"fish`, n. [See Gar, n.] (Zo["o]l.) (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.

Meaning of Gars from wikipedia

- Gars have elongated bodies that are heavily armored with ganoid scales, and fronted by similarly elongated jaws filled with long, sharp teeth. Gars are...
- Gars or GARS may refer to: Gars am Inn, a muni****lity Bavaria, Germany Gars Abbey, a monastery founded in 768 in Gars am Inn Gars, Alpes-Maritimes, a...
- name Gar Garr (disambiguation) Garre (disambiguation) Gars (disambiguation) This disambiguation page lists articles ****ociated with the title Gar. If an...
- ranged from $3.00 to $3.50/lb. Atractosteus gars, including alligator gar, tropical gars, and Cuban gars, are considered good candidates for aquaculture...
- Gars Abbey (German: Kloster Gars) is a monastery on the Inn River in Bavaria, Germany, in the town of Gars am Inn. It was founded in 768 and has been occupied...
- the bone-like, rhomboidal-shaped ganoid scales that protect gars against predation. Gars have been referred to as primitive fish or living fossils because...
- 8–2.7 kg) typically. Gars have diamond-shaped, thick, enamel (ganoid) scales. The name Lepisosteus is Gr**** for "bony scale". Gars are almost never eaten...
- The tropical gar (Atractosteus tropicus) is a species of fish from Central America, where it is found in the Pacific and Atlantic drainages from southern...
- USS Gar (SS-206) was the first of the Gar subclass of the Tambor-class submarines to be commissioned for the United States Navy just prior to the country's...
- faces out of shot. "Un gars, une fille en panne d'audience, Malcolm fait son retour". 8 November 2013. "Chouchou et Loulou: un gars et une fille qui ont...