颚针鱼
雀鳝

Gar \Gar\, n. [Prob. AS. g[=a]r dart, spear, lance. The name is
applied to the fish on account of its long and slender body
and pointed head. Cf. {Goad}, {Gore}, v.] (Zo["o]l.)
(a) Any slender marine fish of the genera {Belone} and
{Tylosurus}. See {Garfish}.
(b) The gar pike. See {Alligator gar} (under {Alligator}),
and {Gar pike}.

{Gar pike}, or {Garpike} (Zo["o]l.), a large, elongated
ganoid fish of the genus {Lepidosteus}, of several
species, inhabiting the lakes and rivers of temperate and
tropical America.


Gar pike \Gar" pike`\ or Garpike \Gar"pike`\ (Zo["o]l.)
See under {Gar}.


Pike \Pike\, n. [F. pique; perhaps of Celtic origin; cf. W. pig
a prick, a point, beak, Arm. pik pick. But cf. also L. picus
woodpecker (see {Pie} magpie), and E. spike. Cf. {Pick}, n. &
v., {Peak}, {Pique}.]
1. (Mil.) A foot soldier's weapon, consisting of a long
wooden shaft or staff, with a pointed steel head. It is
now superseded by the bayonet.

2. A pointed head or spike; esp., one in the center of a
shield or target. --Beau. & Fl.

3. A hayfork. [Obs. or Prov. Eng.] --Tusser.

4. A pick. [Prov. Eng.] --Wright. Raymond.

5. A pointed or peaked hill. [R.]

6. A large haycock. [Prov. Eng.] --Halliwell.

7. A turnpike; a toll bar. --Dickens.

8. (Zo["o]l.) sing. & pl. A large fresh-water fish ({Esox
lucius}), found in Europe and America, highly valued as a
food fish; -- called also {pickerel}, {gedd}, {luce}, and
{jack}.

Note: Blue pike, grass pike, green pike, wall-eyed pike, and
yellow pike, are names, not of true pike, but of the
wall-eye. See {Wall-eye}.

{Gar pike}. See under {Gar}.

{Pike perch} (Zo["o]l.), any fresh-water fish of the genus
{Stizostedion} (formerly {Lucioperca}). See {Wall-eye},
and {Sauger}.

{Pike pole}, a long pole with a pike in one end, used in
directing floating logs.

{Pike whale} (Zo["o]l.), a finback whale of the North
Atlantic ({Bal[ae]noptera rostrata}), having an elongated
snout; -- called also {piked whale}.

{Sand pike} (Zo["o]l.), the lizard fish.

{Sea pike} (Zo["o]l.), the garfish
(a) .