longnose gar

English

Noun

longnose gar (plural longnose gars)

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.

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