alligator gar
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of alligator gar
An Americanism dating back to 1815–25
Example Sentences
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Local authorities identified it as an alligator gar — a torpedo-shaped freshwater fish with razor-sharp teeth — and launched an operation to capture it.
From Washington Post • Aug. 25, 2022
If the fish had been from a nearby state, perhaps one with a program meant to restore native alligator gar populations, it would have been tagged.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 14, 2021
The researchers also sequenced the bichir, an elongated, air-breathing, ray-finned fish that lives in the shallows of tropical African rivers, as well as the American paddlefish, the bowfin, and the alligator gar.
From Science Magazine • Feb. 10, 2021
A man in Oklahoma caught a huge alligator gar in a lake over the weekend, the Oklahoma Game Wardens announced Monday.
From Fox News • Apr. 22, 2019
"What else is going to be able to eat those monster carp?" said Allyse Ferrara, an alligator gar expert at Nicholls State University in Louisiana, where the species is relatively common.
From US News • Jul. 29, 2016
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