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☆ gar (gär)

noun pl. gar or gars

  1. any of an order (Semionotiformes) of North American freshwater bony fishes having an elongated body covered with ganoid scales, a long beaklike snout, and many sharp teeth
  2. needlefish

Etymology: contr. < garfish

GAR definition

GAR

Grand Army of the Republic

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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