longnose gar

longnose gar
A large freshwater garfish with very long slender snout.

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  • Longnose gar — at the New England Aquarium. Scientific classification Kingdom …   Wikipedia

  • longnose gar — noun also long nosed gar : a gar (Lepisosteus osseus) that has a snout more than twice as long as the rest of its head and is widely distributed in rivers and lakes of the eastern and north central sections of the United States …   Useful english dictionary

  • gar — gar1 /gahr/, n., pl. (esp. collectively) gar, (esp. referring to two or more kinds or species) gars. 1. Also called garfish, garpike. any predaceous freshwater fish of the genus Lepisosteus, of North America, covered with hard, diamond shaped… …   Universalium

  • longnose — adjective Having a long nose . longnose gar …   Wiktionary

  • longnose — Garfish Gar fish , n. [See {Gar}, n.] (Zo[ o]l.) (a) A European marine fish ({Belone vulgaris}); called also {gar}, {gerrick}, {greenback}, {greenbone}, {gorebill}, {hornfish}, {longnose}, {mackerel guide}, {sea needle}, and {sea pike}. (b) One… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • gar — Garfish Gar fish , n. [See {Gar}, n.] (Zo[ o]l.) (a) A European marine fish ({Belone vulgaris}); called also {gar}, {gerrick}, {greenback}, {greenbone}, {gorebill}, {hornfish}, {longnose}, {mackerel guide}, {sea needle}, and {sea pike}. (b) One… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Tropical gar — Taxobox name = Tropical Gar regnum = Animalia phylum = Chordata classis = Actinopterygii ordo = Lepisosteiformes familia = Lepisosteidae genus = Atractosteus species = A. tropicus binomial = Atractosteus tropicus binomial authority = Gill,… …   Wikipedia

  • long-nosed gar — noun see longnose gar …   Useful english dictionary

  • Lépisosté osseux — Lépisosté osseux …   Wikipédia en Français

  • holostean — ▪ fish Introduction       any member of a group of primitive bony fishes (bony fish) that make up one of the three major subdivisions of the superclass Actinopterygii (ray finned fishes). Holosteans are represented today by the bowfins (bowfin)… …   Universalium

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