NOUN | animal | Lepisosteus osseus, gar, garfish, garpike, billfish | primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth |
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Meaning | Primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth. | |
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Synonyms | gar, garfish, garpike, billfish | |
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 |
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