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n. See gar1.

n. Any fish of the needlefish family Belonidae, with a long narrow body and needle-shaped jaws, especially the European species Belone belone.

n. Any North or Central American fish of the family Lepisosteidae.

n. A European marine fish (Belone vulgaris); -- called also gar, gerrick, greenback, greenbone, gorebill, hornfish, longnose, mackerel guide, sea needle, and sea pike.

n. One of several species of similar fishes of the genus Tylosurus, of which one species (T. marinus) is common on the Atlantic coast. T. Caribbæus, a very large species, and T. crassus, are more southern; -- called also needlefish. Many of the common names of the European garfish are also applied to the American species.

n. A fish with a long snout or beak resulting from a spear-like prolongation of the jaws; a bill-fish; a gar.

n. In Australasia, Tylosurus ferox, called in Sydney ‘long Tom’; Hemiramphus intermedius;, a river-fish, H. regularis, of the family Hemiramphidæ.

n. primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth

"Known for his wizardly approach to seafood, Mr. Lazarou is one of the first chefs to use less expensive fish like the lanky monkfish and the long, ungainly garfish to make a wealth of gourmet dishes such as monkfish with mastiha liquor cream from the Aegean island of Hios and braised garfish with fava bean mousse."

ganoid fish    ganoid   

garfishes    gar    gerrick    greenback    greenbone    gorebill    hornfish    longnose    mackerel guide    sea needle   

bottle-nose    green-backed    half-tremulous    bottle-nosed    ruthful    purple-tinged    long-beaked    like    undreamt-of    symphonious