alligator gar

alligator gar
noun
Etymology: so called from its size
: a large freshwater gar (Lepisosteus spatula) of the central United States that attains a length of over 7 feet and a weight in excess of 150 pounds; also : any of certain related Cuban and Central American fishes that are all valueless as food or game fishes and considered destructive of aquatic life and waterfowls

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a large, heavily scaled fish, Lepisosteus spatula, with an elongated body and long snout, found mainly in shallow weedy fresh water in the southeastern U.S.
[1815-25, Amer.]

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alligator gar,
any one of various freshwater gars of the lower Mississippi Valley, Mexico, Cuba, and Central America, which attain to lengths of over seven feet.

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