: any of various fishes that have an elongate body resembling that of a pike and long narrow jaws: such as
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: any of several predaceous North American freshwater bony fishes (family Lepisosteidae) with heavy ganoid scales
garage
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Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 11 Jan. 2025
Weston noted that the Trinity River near Livingston, Texas, along with Lake Sam Rayburn, west of Lufkin, Texas, and Choke Canyon near Three Rivers, Texas, are great locations to try and land a record-setting alligator gar.
—Sydney Borchers, Fox News, 15 Nov. 2024
More:Man catches 200-pound alligator snapping turtle followed by 188-pound alligator gar in Texas
Black bears
Encounters with black bears are becoming more common in Texas.
—Brandi D. Addison, Austin American-Statesman, 6 June 2024
Weston wowed readers after catching a 283-pound alligator gar, the largest IGFA freshwater (non-migratory) fish caught in the United States, Fox News Digital reported.
—Sydney Borchers, Fox News, 15 Nov. 2024
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His videos, often set to soft music, capture the Everglades in cinematic splendor – slow-motion footage of streaks of sunlight glittering on gators and schools of gar underwater.
—Ashley Miznazi, Miami Herald, 11 Jan. 2025
Weston noted that the Trinity River near Livingston, Texas, along with Lake Sam Rayburn, west of Lufkin, Texas, and Choke Canyon near Three Rivers, Texas, are great locations to try and land a record-setting alligator gar.
—Sydney Borchers, Fox News, 15 Nov. 2024
More:Man catches 200-pound alligator snapping turtle followed by 188-pound alligator gar in Texas
Black bears
Encounters with black bears are becoming more common in Texas.
—Brandi D. Addison, Austin American-Statesman, 6 June 2024
Weston wowed readers after catching a 283-pound alligator gar, the largest IGFA freshwater (non-migratory) fish caught in the United States, Fox News Digital reported.
—Sydney Borchers, Fox News, 15 Nov. 2024
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“Gar.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/gar. Accessed 23 Jan. 2025.
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