garfish

2 definitions found

garfish - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  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]

garfish - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  garfish
      n 1: primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard
           scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth [syn:
           gar, garfish, garpike, billfish, Lepisosteus osseus
           ]