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Definition of Garpike
1. Noun. Primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth.
Generic synonyms: Ganoid, Ganoid Fish
Group relationships: Genus Lepisosteus, Lepisosteus
Definition of Garpike
1. Noun. gar; garfish ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Garpike
1. a garfish [n -S] - See also: garfish
Medical Definition of Garpike
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Garpike
Literary usage of Garpike
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Note-book of an amateur geologist by John Edward Lee (1881)
"... of these two sections have been made from the original plate, and are given
annexed ; the upper one being that of the recent garpike of the Mississippi, ..."
2. Fishes by David Starr Jordan (1907)
"The best known of the species is the long-nosed garpike, Lepisosteus osseus, ...
The garpike frequents quiet waters and is apparently of sleepy habit. ..."
3. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"4. garpike (gär'pik), ». [< gar1 + pike.] 1. ... [Var. of garpike, simulating
pipe."] Same as garpike. Day. He will make theyr cowes and ..."
4. The Wesleyan-Methodist Magazine (1874)
"It is true, for instance, that the embryo of the present garpike ... The embryo
of our garpike has a norm of growth as fixed and invariable as that of any ..."
5. The Life-histories of the British Marine Food-fishes by William Carmichael M'Intosh, Arthur Thomas Masterman (1897)
"ATM In the Scandinavian Fishes it is stated that the garpike, approaching the
coast, spawns in spring and the early part of summer, from April to June. ..."
6. Note-book of an amateur geologist by John Edward Lee (1881)
"... of these two sections have been made from the original plate, and are given
annexed ; the upper one being that of the recent garpike of the Mississippi, ..."
7. Fishes by David Starr Jordan (1907)
"The best known of the species is the long-nosed garpike, Lepisosteus osseus, ...
The garpike frequents quiet waters and is apparently of sleepy habit. ..."
8. The Century Dictionary: An Encyclopedic Lexicon of the English Language by William Dwight Whitney (1889)
"4. garpike (gär'pik), ». [< gar1 + pike.] 1. ... [Var. of garpike, simulating
pipe."] Same as garpike. Day. He will make theyr cowes and ..."
9. The Wesleyan-Methodist Magazine (1874)
"It is true, for instance, that the embryo of the present garpike ... The embryo
of our garpike has a norm of growth as fixed and invariable as that of any ..."
10. The Life-histories of the British Marine Food-fishes by William Carmichael M'Intosh, Arthur Thomas Masterman (1897)
"ATM In the Scandinavian Fishes it is stated that the garpike, approaching the
coast, spawns in spring and the early part of summer, from April to June. ..."
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