garpike (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *garpike*:
NOUN	animal	garpike, gar, garfish, billfish, Lepisosteus osseus	primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth

English > *garpike*: 1 sense > noun 1, animal
Meaning	Primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth.
Synonyms	gar, garfish, billfish, Lepisosteus osseus
Member of	Lepisosteus, genus Lepisosteus	type genus of the Lepisosteidae
Broader	ganoid, ganoid fish	Primitive fishes having thick bony scales with a shiny covering
Spanish	garpike, lepisosteiformes
Catalan	agulla, garpike, lepisosteïforme

HyperDic: garpike