Online dictionaryOnline dictionary
Synonyms, antonyms, pronunciation

  Home 		English Dictionary      examples: 'day', 'get rid of', 'New York Bay'




Garfish   Listen
Garfish

noun
1.
Primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth.  Synonyms: billfish, gar, garpike, Lepisosteus osseus.





WordNet 3.0 © 2010 Princeton University


Advanced search
     Find words:
Starting with
Ending with
Containing
Matching a pattern  

Synonyms
Antonyms
Quotes
Words linked to  

only single words


Share |
Add this dictionary
to your browser search bar




"Garfish" Quotes from Famous Books



... fish common to the Atlantic and Mediterranean, I was unable to observe miralets, triggerfish, puffers, seahorses, jewelfish, trumpetfish, blennies, gray mullet, wrasse, smelt, flying fish, anchovies, sea bream, porgies, garfish, or any of the chief representatives of the order Pleuronecta, such as sole, flounder, plaice, dab, and brill, simply because of the dizzying speed with which the Nautilus hustled through ...
— 20000 Leagues Under the Seas • Jules Verne
... use roe of freshly caught fish and only such roe as is known to be good to eat. The roe of some fishes, such as the garfish, is not eaten. ...
— Every Step in Canning • Grace Viall Gray


Words linked to "Garfish" :   genus Lepisosteus, ganoid fish, Lepisosteus osseus, ganoid, Lepisosteus


Copyright © 2024 Dictionary One.com