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alligator gar
noun
- 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.
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Word History and Origins
Origin of alligator gar1
An Americanism dating back to 1815–25
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Example Sentences
I ain't so much afraid o' that as I am that some big alligator-gar 'll come along and take his dinner off my leg.
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"The belief in alligator-gar is a vulgar and absurd superstition," said the Lieutenant, breaking silence for the first time.
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Have you ever seen an alligator-gar at home in the Lower Mississippi?
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