noun
gar
gah
noun
1
A long, slender freshwater fish with narrow, tooth-filled jaws, found mainly in North America.
"The kids caught a small gar while fishing off the dock."
"Gar have hard, armor-like scales that make them tricky to fillet."
How to Use Gar
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA primitive-looking, long-jawed fish, not usually eaten as a table fish in most of the US.
Common pairings
a gar's snout
catch a gar
longnose gar
Word Forms
gart past tense, gars plural, gars singular
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Etymology
Shortened from "garfish", itself from Middle English gare (a spear, referring to the fish's pointed snout) plus "fish".