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/ɡɑː/ · noun
(especially US, Canada) Any of several North American fish of the family Lepisosteidae that have long, narrow jaws..
Gars are long, slender, predatory fishes of quiet waters east of the Rockies.
I shall firste begyn at Sandwyche, and there I shall go in my shearte, barefoote, and at every ten myles ende I shall founde and gar make an house of religious, of what order that ye woll assygne me [...].
Time gars me tremble. Ah, how sore the baulk! / While Time in pride of strength cloth ever stalk [...].
Use gar when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Gar means (especially US, Canada) Any of several North American fish of the family Lepisosteidae that have long, narrow jaws..
Common synonyms include billfish, garfish, needlefish, garpike.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
Gars are long, slender, predatory fishes of quiet waters east of the Rockies.
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