Gar (?), n. [Prob. AS. gar dart, spear, lance. The name is applied to the fish on account of its long and slender body and pointed head. Cf. Goad, Gore, v.] Zool. (a)
Any slender marine fish of the genera Belone and Tylosurus. See Garfish.
(b)
The gar pike. See Alligator gar (under Alligator), and Gar pike.
Gar pike, ∨ Garpike Zool., a large, elongated ganoid fish of the genus Lepidosteus, of several species, inhabiting the lakes and rivers of temperate and tropical America.
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Gar, v. t. [Of Scand. origin. See Gear, n.]
To cause; to make.
[Obs. or Scot.]
Spenser.
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