Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • noun The garfish: so called from the elongated snout or jaws.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • noun (Zoöl.) The European garfish.

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  • adjective Having a long nose (used in the names of fish and other animals).

Etymologies

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long +‎ nose

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Examples

  • Freshwater gar (various species), especially spotted and longnose gar resemble needlefish in body type/form.

    "Fly" Fishing with Spider Silk and Kites 2009

  • Freshwater gar (various species), especially spotted and longnose gar resemble needlefish in body type/form.

    "Fly" Fishing with Spider Silk and Kites 2009

  • Speaking of terrifying, a longnose lancetfish recently washed ashore in the state of Washington.

    Type D D! typed 2008

  • A good name for a gar -- this is a longnose gar -- would be... let's all say it together:

    Archive 2007-05-01 Ann Althouse 2007

  • It was hoped that the nonnative longnose sucker, which is relatively abundant in Yellowstone Lake, might act as a “buffer” species and control lake trout predation on cutthroat trout.

    Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002

  • Alvord chub, Gila alvordensis tui chub, Gila bicolor humpback chub, Gila cypha bonytail, Gila elegans roundtail chub, Gila robusta northern pikeminnow, Ptychocheilus oregonensis longnose dace, Rhinichthys cataractae speckled dace, Rhinichthys osculus redside shiner, Richardsonius balteatus

    Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002

  • The longnose dace and the Yellowstone cutthroat are the only fishes native to Yellowstone Lake and the Yellowstone River drainage above the two large waterfalls in Yellowstone National Park.

    Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002

  • In Yellowstone Lake, however, no significant impacts on recruitment number of fish reaching a certain age class, growth, or abundance of cutthroat trout were detected after the establishment of the redside shiner and the longnose sucker.

    Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002

  • Utah sucker, Catostomus ardens longnose sucker, Catostomus catostomus

    Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002

  • Along with the lake trout, two other species have been introduced into Yellowstone Lake, the redside shiner and the longnose sucker.

    Trout and Salmon of North America Robert J. Behnke 2002

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