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garfish n. 长嘴硬鳞鱼 长嘴硬鳞鱼 garfish 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}] 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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