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longnose gar

longnose gar noun: a large freshwater garfish with very long slender snout, Lepisosteus osseus.

Noun

longnose gar (plural longnose gars)

  1. 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 128
    Synonyms:
    needlenose gar

Synonyms of longnose gar

  • needlenose gar

Forms of longnose gar

plurallongnose gars

Questions about longnose gar

What does longnose gar mean?
Longnose gar means a large freshwater garfish with very long slender snout, Lepisosteus osseus.
What part of speech is longnose gar?
Longnose gar is a noun.
What is the plural of longnose gar?
The plural of longnose gar is longnose gars.

Words near longnose gar in the dictionary

  1. longness
  2. longnesses
  3. Longniddry
  4. Longnor
  5. longnose
  6. longnose gar
  7. longnose gars
  8. longnose lancetfish
  9. longnose seahorse
  10. longnose seahorses
  11. longnose stonebasher

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