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GARFISH

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: garfishes   

 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth

Synonyms:

billfish; gar; garfish; garpike; Lepisosteus osseus

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("garfish" is a kind of...):

ganoid; ganoid fish (primitive fishes having thick bony scales with a shiny covering)

Holonyms ("garfish" is a member of...):

genus Lepisosteus; Lepisosteus (type genus of the Lepisosteidae: freshwater gars)

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