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garpike
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Gar pike \Gar" pike`\ or Garpike \Gar"pike`\ (Zool.) See under Gar. [1913 Webster] .
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Gar \Gar\, n. [Prob. AS. g[=a]r 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]
