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 The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Needlefish \Nee"dle*fish`\, n. (Zool.)
(a) The European great pipefish ({Siphostoma acus} or
{Syngnathus acus}); -- called also {earl}, and
{tanglefish}.
(b) The garfish.
[1913 Webster]
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
needlefish
n 1: elongate European surface-dwelling predacious fishes with
long toothed jaws; abundant in coastal waters [syn:
{needlefish}, {gar}, {billfish}]
2: fish with long tubular snout and slim body covered with bony
plates [syn: {pipefish}, {needlefish}]
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