Gar
Gar , noun
[Probably Anglo-Saxon gār dart, spear, lance. The name is applied to the fish on account of its long and slender body and pointed head. Compare Goad, Gore, v.]
(a)
(Zoology) Any slender marine fish of the genera Belone and Tylosurus. See Garfish.
(b)
(Zoology) The gar pike. See Alligator gar (under Alligator), and Gar pike.
Collocations (1)
Gar pike or Garpike (Zoology) , a large, elongated ganoid fish of the genus Lepidosteus, of several species, inhabiting the lakes and rivers of temperate and tropical America.
Gar , transitive verb
[Of Scand. origin. See Gear, n.]
To cause; to make. [Obsolete or Scottish] — Spenser