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Sawfish vs Gar - What's the difference?

sawfish | gar |

As nouns the difference between sawfish and gar

is that sawfish is a fish having the snout in a saw shape, in family pristidae while gar is gaur (species of wild cattle).

sawfish

English

(wikipedia sawfish) (Pristidae)

Noun

(es)
  • A fish having the snout in a saw shape, in family Pristidae

    • gar

    English

    Etymology 1

    From (etyl) gar, gare, gere, gore, from (etyl) . Related to (l).

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (obsolete) spear

    • Etymology 2

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • Any of several fish, of the family , that have long, narrow jaws; garfish

    • Etymology 3

    From (etyl) garren, gerren, from (etyl) gera, gerva'' (Swedish ''''), from (etyl) . Compare ''yare .

    Verb

  • * 1485 , Sir Thomas Malory, Le Morte Darthur , Book XX:
    • I shall firste begyn at Sandwyche, and there I shall go in my shearte, barefoote, and at every ten myles ende I shall founde and gar make an house of religious, of what order that ye woll assygne me [...].
  • * 1885 , Sir Richard Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and One Night , Night 15:
    • Time gars me tremble. Ah, how sore the baulk! / While Time in pride of strength cloth ever stalk [...].

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