longnose gar

English

Noun

longnose gar (plural longnose gars)

1. A large freshwater garfish with very long slender snout, Lepisosteus osseus.

   Synonym: needlenose gar

   • 1967, George K. Reid, edited by Herbert S. Zim and George S. Fichter, Pond Life, New York: Golden Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 128:

     Longnose Gar, with jaws twice as long as head, may be 5 feet long.