Source : Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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}.