Meaning

noun primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth

noun elongate European surface-dwelling predacious fishes with long toothed jaws; abundant in coastal waters

originFrom Middle English garren, gerren, from Old Norse gera, gerva (Swedish göra, Danish gøre), from Proto-Germanic *garwijaną. Compare yare; but also Old Cornish gorra (“put, place, set”).

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