- A European marine fish (Belone vulgaris); -- called also
gar, gerrick, greenback, greenbone, gorebill, hornfish, longnose,
mackerel guide, sea needle, and sea pike. - One of several species of similar fishes of the genus
Tylosurus, of which one species (T. marinus) is common on the Atlantic
coast. T. Caribbaeus, a very large species, and T. crassus, are more
southern; -- called also needlefish. Many of the common names of the
European garfish are also applied to the American species.
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