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alligator gar

noun

  1. 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.

"The belief in alligator-gar is a vulgar and absurd superstition," said the Lieutenant, breaking silence for the first time.

Have you ever seen an alligator-gar at home in the Lower Mississippi?

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