gar Meaning and Definition
1. n. elongate European surface-dwelling predacious fishes with long toothed jaws; abundant in coastal waters
2. n. primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth
Gars (or garpike) are members of the Lepisosteiformes (or Semionotiformes), an ancient order of ray-finned fish; fossils from this order are known from the late Cretaceous onwards.
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