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Found 3 hits - Term: gar pike, Database: *, Strategy: prefix
[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
gar pike \gar" pike`\ or garpike \gar"pike`\ zool.
   see under gar.
   1913 webster
see also:
gar 
[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
gar \gar\, n. prob. as. g=ar dart, spear, lance. the name is
   applied to the fish on account of its long and slender body
   and pointed head. cf. goad, gore, v. zool.
   a any slender marine fish of the genera belone and
       tylosurus. see garfish.
   b the gar pike. see alligator gar under alligator,
       and gar pike.
       1913 webster

   gar pike, or garpike zool., a large, elongated ganoid
      fish of the genus lepidosteus, of several species,
      inhabiting the lakes and rivers of temperate and tropical
      america.
      1913 webster
see also:
goad gore belone tylosurus garfish alligator gar 
alligator gar pike garpike lepidosteus 
[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
pike \pike\, n. f. pique; perhaps of celtic origin; cf. w. pig
   a prick, a point, beak, arm. pik pick. but cf. also l. picus
   woodpecker see pie magpie, and e. spike. cf. pick, n. 
   v., peak, pique.
   1. mil. a foot soldier's weapon, consisting of a long
      wooden shaft or staff, with a pointed steel head. it is
      now superseded by the bayonet.
      1913 webster

   2. a pointed head or spike; esp., one in the center of a
      shield or target. --beau.  fl.
      1913 webster

   3. a hayfork. obs. or prov. eng. --tusser.
      1913 webster

   4. a pick. prov. eng. --wright. raymond.
      1913 webster

   5. a pointed or peaked hill. r.
      1913 webster

   6. a large haycock. prov. eng. --halliwell.
      1913 webster

   7. a turnpike; a toll bar. --dickens.
      1913 webster

   8. zool. sing.  pl. a large fresh-water fish esox
      lucius, found in europe and america, highly valued as a
      food fish; -- called also pickerel, gedd, luce, and
      jack.
      1913 webster

   note: blue pike, grass pike, green pike, wall-eyed pike, and
         yellow pike, are names, not of true pike, but of the
         wall-eye. see wall-eye.
         1913 webster

   gar pike. see under gar.

   pike perch zool., any fresh-water fish of the genus
      stizostedion formerly lucioperca. see wall-eye,
      and sauger.

   pike pole, a long pole with a pike in one end, used in
      directing floating logs.

   pike whale zool., a finback whale of the north atlantic
      balaenoptera rostrata, having an elongated snout; --
      called also piked whale.

   sand pike zool., the lizard fish.

   sea pike zool., the garfish
      a .
          1913 webster
see also:
pie pick peak pique esox lucius pickerel 
gedd luce jack wall-eye gar pike 
gar pike perch stizostedion lucioperca sauger 
pike pole pike whale balaenoptera rostrata piked whale sand pike 
sea pike 

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