gar-pike
(ˈgɑːˌpaɪk)
[formed after garfish: see pike.]
= garfish.
| 1776 Pennant Zool. III. 283 Garpike..this fish, which is found in many places, is known by the name of the Sea-Needle. 1849 Zoologist VII. 2395 The gar-pike of the western rivers. 1866 Owen Anat. Vertebrates I. iv. 275 The Tench, the Garpike, and the common Eel. 1883 Harper's Mag. Mar. 515/2 The gar-pike of Western lakes. |
| attrib. 1872 C. King Mountain. Sierra Nev. ix. 185 Savage fishes, of the garpike type. |