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Garfish

noun

Primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth. Synonyms: billfish, gar, garpike, Lepisosteus osseus.

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"Garfish" Quotes from Famous Books

... morning, the reed birds, the marsh hen, the blackbirds, the sparrows, the starlings, with their red and yellow epaulets, rising and fluttering and sinking again among the lilies and mallows, and the white crane, paler than a ghost, wading in the grassy shallows. She saw the ravening garfish leap from the bayou, and the mullet in shining hundreds spatter away to left and right; and the fisherman and the shrimp-catcher in their canoes come gliding up the glassy stream, riding down the water-lilies, that rose again behind and shook the drops from their crowns, like ...

— Dr. Sevier • George W. Cable

... be sure to use roe of freshly caught fish and only such roe as is known to be good to eat. The roe of some fishes, such as the garfish, is ...

— Every Step in Canning • Grace Viall Gray

Words linked to "Garfish" : Lepisosteus, ganoid fish, genus Lepisosteus, gar, ganoid, garpike, Lepisosteus osseus