: any of various fishes that have an elongate body resembling that of a pike and long narrow jaws: such as
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: any of several predaceous North American freshwater bony fishes (family Lepisosteidae) with heavy ganoid scales
garage
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Helena Wegner, Miami Herald, 17 July 2024
For Lyons, gars in today's world are capturing the public's interest.
—Discover Magazine, 20 June 2024
Lake Michigan Tank: In this 80,000-gallon freshwater tank, visitors will see animals native to the Great Lakes, such as shovelnose sturgeon, northern pike, gar and carp.
—Amy Schwabe, Journal Sentinel, 17 June 2024
The bodies of gars are protected by an armor of interlocking scales covered in a special type of enamel-like tissue called ganoine.
—Kristi Curry Rogers, Scientific American, 1 Feb. 2024
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Longnose gar have elongated bodies, thin snouts, needle-like teeth, olive brown or deep green coloring and silver-white bellies, according to the National Aquarium.
—Helena Wegner, Miami Herald, 17 July 2024
For Lyons, gars in today's world are capturing the public's interest.
—Discover Magazine, 20 June 2024
Lake Michigan Tank: In this 80,000-gallon freshwater tank, visitors will see animals native to the Great Lakes, such as shovelnose sturgeon, northern pike, gar and carp.
—Amy Schwabe, Journal Sentinel, 17 June 2024
The bodies of gars are protected by an armor of interlocking scales covered in a special type of enamel-like tissue called ganoine.
—Kristi Curry Rogers, Scientific American, 1 Feb. 2024
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“Gar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gar. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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