Meanings
nounlongnose gar (plural longnose gars)
plural longnose gars
- A large freshwater garfish with very long slender snout, Lepisosteus osseus.
Longnose Gar, with jaws twice as long as head, may be 5 feet long.
1967, George K. Reid, edited by Herbert S. Zim and George S. Fichter, Pond Life, New York: Golden Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 128Synonyms: needlenose gar
Synonyms & antonyms
nounA large freshwater garfish with very long slender snout, Lepisosteus osseus.
Similar
needlenose gar
Translations
Polish niszczuka, niszczuka długonosa
- niszczukagarfish species
- niszczuka długonosagarfish species
- łuskostgarfish species
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Chicago
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