Definitions for gargɑr

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

gargɑr(n.)(pl.)gar; gars.

  1. Category: Ichthyology

    Ref: Also called garfish , garpike.

  2. Category: Ichthyology

    Ref: needlefish (def. 1). 1

Origin of gar:

1755–65, Amer.; shortened form of garfish

gar.

  1. garage.

G.A.R.

  1. Grand Army of the Republic.

    Category: Military

Princeton's WordNet

  1. gar, garfish, garpike, billfish, Lepisosteus osseus(noun)

    primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth

  2. needlefish, gar, billfish(noun)

    elongate European surface-dwelling predacious fishes with long toothed jaws; abundant in coastal waters

Webster Dictionary

  1. Gar(u)

    any slender marine fish of the genera Belone and Tylosurus. See Garfish

  2. Gar(u)

    the gar pike. See Alligator gar (under Alligator), and Gar pike

  3. Gar(noun)

    to cause; to make


Translations for gar

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

going(noun)

an act of leaving, moving away etc

the comings and goings of the people in the street.

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