GARFISHES
GARFISH
gar, garfish, garpike, billfish, Lepisosteus osseus
(noun) primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
garfishes
plural of garfish
Source: Wiktionary
GARFISH
Gar"fish`, n. Etym: [See Gar, n.] (Zoöl.)
(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.
Caribbæus, 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.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition