Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The garfish, Belone vulgaris: so called in allusion to the projecting jaws.
- noun A species of Syngnathidæ; a pipe-fish: so named in reference to the texture of the exoskeleton.
- noun The sand-pike or sauger, Stizostedium canadense, a percoid fish: so named in allusion to its color.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Zoöl.) The garfish or sea needle.
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- noun The
garfish orsea needle .
Etymologies
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Anglo-Saxon hornfisc.
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