| slovo | definícia |
garpike
(encz) | garpike, n: |
Garpike
(gcide) | Gar pike \Gar" pike`\ or Garpike \Gar"pike`\ (Zool.)
See under Gar.
[1913 Webster] |
Garpike
(gcide) | 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] |
garpike
(wn) | garpike
n 1: primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard
scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth [syn:
gar, garfish, garpike, billfish, {Lepisosteus
osseus}] |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
garpike
(encz) | garpike, n: |
garpike
(wn) | garpike
n 1: primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard
scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth [syn:
gar, garfish, garpike, billfish, {Lepisosteus
osseus}] |
|