From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
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]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
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}]
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