\Gar"fish`\, n. [See {Gar}, n.] (Zo["o]l.)
(a) A European marine fish ({Belone vulgaris}); -- called
    also {gar}, {gerrick}, {greenback}, {greenbone},
    {gorebill}, {hornfish}, {longnose}, {mackerel guide},
    {sea needle}, and {sea pike}.
(b) One of several species of similar fishes of the genus
    {Tylosurus}, of which one species ({T. marinus}) is
    common on the Atlantic coast. {T. Caribb[ae]us}, a very
    large species, and {T. crassus}, are more southern; --
    called also {needlefish}. Many of the common names of the
    European garfish are also applied to the American
    species.