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Noun: garfish  'gaa(r),fish
  1. Primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth
    - gar, garpike, billfish, Lepisosteus osseus

Derived forms: garfishes

Type of: ganoid, ganoid fish

Part of: genus Lepisosteus, Lepisosteus

Encyclopedia: Garfish