gar
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Wading in a crystal clear Florida river, Mr Szabo photographed a female longnose gar alongside several males during the mating season.
From BBC ● Aug. 26, 2025
The lubricating proteins were abundant in the fish’s jaws and in the fins of zebra fish, gar, and sticklebacks, the scientists reported.
From Science Magazine ● Apr. 25, 2024
Members of the search team said Thursday afternoon that they would enter the large water pipe to hunt the gar.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 25, 2022
Even though modern bony fishes are much more diverse today, a previous study found that in the past they were not as numerous or varied as holosteans—the prehistoric relatives of today’s gar and paddlefish.
From Scientific American ● Mar. 23, 2022
"They did for Santa- gar," the Hound continued.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
Prehistoric-looking fish called gars, which have the slowest rate of molecular evolution of all jawed vertebrates, are the most striking examples.
From Science Magazine ● Mar. 8, 2024
“Economically, of course, it’s not worth it. Are we going to drain every lake when we spot gars there?” he said.
From Washington Post ● Aug. 25, 2022
I always loved the huge alligator snapping turtle, watch your hands, but the huge gars, alligator gars and catfish are gone forever.
From New York Times ● Mar. 26, 2018
The gars, a family of fish with long bodies, extended jaws, sharp teeth, and hard scales, has been on the planet for at least 100 million years.
From The Verge ● Dec. 20, 2015
Some of the beg gars look too young to have even taken the Trial.
From "Legend" by Marie Lu
Tommy garred me believe it was all over and done with.
From Leonore Stubbs by L. B. Walford
It would raley garred ye think ye was amon' braw fowk.
From My Man Sandy by J. B. Salmond
From behind the closed inner door of the cothouse there came a high-pitched angry cry that garred the very blood run chill as ice in Margaret Comline's veins.
From Deep Moat Grange by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett
Ay, he’d have garred the young eels squirm.
From Krindlesyke by Wilfrid Wilson Gibson
"What garred ye think it was me—I never spak till ye afore?" asked Annie, as they walked on together.
From Alec Forbes of Howglen by George MacDonald
The deil's in you, Monkbarns, for garring odds and evens meet.
From The Antiquary — Volume 02 by Sir Walter Scott
