Gar , v. t. [Of Scand. origin. See Gear, n.]
To cause; to make. [Obs. or Scot.] Spenser.
Gar (?), n. [Prob. AS. gār
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.]
(Zoöl.)
(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.
Gar pike, or Garpike (Zoöl.),
a large, elongated ganoid fish of the genus
Lepidosteus, of several
species, inhabiting the lakes
and rivers of temperate and tropical America.
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