freshwater gar

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• Gar (disambiguation) — Gar may refer to:* Gar, a North American freshwater fish of the family Lepisosteidae. It may also be used to describe certain other fish of similar shape, including: **Needlefish such as Belone belone **Pike characins such as Ctenolucius hujeta… …   Wikipedia

• gar — ☆ gar [gär ] n. pl. gar or gars [contr. < GARFISH] 1. any of an order (Semionotiformes) of North American freshwater bony fishes having an elongated body covered with ganoid scales, a long beaklike snout, and many sharp teeth 2. NEEDLEFISH …   English World dictionary

• gar — gar1 /gahr/, n., pl. (esp. collectively) gar, (esp. referring to two or more kinds or species) gars. 1. Also called garfish, garpike. any predaceous freshwater fish of the genus Lepisosteus, of North America, covered with hard, diamond shaped… …   Universalium

• Gar — Taxobox name = Gar regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Actinopterygii ordo = Lepisosteiformes familia = Lepisosteidae subdivision ranks = Species subdivision = Atractosteus spatula Atractosteus tristoechus Atractosteus tropicus… …   Wikipedia

• gar — I. interjection Etymology: euphemism for God Date: 1598 used as a mild oath in the phrase by gar II. noun Etymology: short for garfish Date: 1765 any of various fishes that have an elongate body resembling that of a pike and long narrow jaws: as… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• gar — [[t]gɑr[/t]] n. pl. (esp. collectively)gar, (esp. for kinds or species)gars. 1) ich Also called garfish,garpike any long jawed freshwater ganoid fish of the genus Lepisosteus of North America. 2) ich needlefish 1) • Etymology: 1755–65, amer.;… …   From formal English to slang

• gar — noun the freshwater garfish of North America …   English new terms dictionary

• alligator gar — noun Etymology: so called from its size : a large freshwater gar (Lepisosteus spatula) of the central United States that attains a length of over 7 feet and a weight in excess of 150 pounds; also : any of certain related Cuban and Central… …   Useful english dictionary

• Alligator gar — Taxobox name = Alligator gar image width = 240px regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Actinopterygii ordo = Lepisosteiformes familia = Lepisosteidae genus = Atractosteus species = A. spatula binomial = Atractosteus spatula binomial… …   Wikipedia

• List of freshwater aquarium fish species — A vast number of species of fish have been successfully kept in the home aquarium. This list gives only some of the most commonly kept species.Bichirs and reedfish =Characins and other characiformes= =Labyrinth fish= Neotropical electric fish… …   Wikipedia

• Spotted gar — Taxobox name = Lepisosteus oculatus image width = 240px image caption = Spotted gar, Lepisosteus oculatus regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Actinopterygii ordo = Lepisosteiformes familia = Lepisosteidae genus = Lepisosteus species = L …   Wikipedia