longnose gar
Appearance
English
[edit]Noun
[edit]longnose gar (plural longnose gars)
- A large freshwater garfish with very long slender snout, Lepisosteus osseus.
- Synonym: needlenose gar
- 1967, George K. Reid, edited by Herbert S. Zim and George S. Fichter, Pond Life, New York: Golden Press, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 128:
- Longnose Gar, with jaws twice as long as head, may be 5 feet long.