Gar

Definitions

1. Initialism of Grand Army of the Republic.
   US, abbreviation, alt-of, historical, initialism, obsolete
2. Initialism of glycineamide ribonucleotide.
   abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
3. A county of Ngari prefecture, Tibet Autonomous Region, China.
4. Any of several North American fish of the family Lepisosteidae that have long, narrow jaws.
   Canada, US, especially
5. Initialism of glutathione amide reductase.
   abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
6. A garfish, Belone belone.
   Ireland, UK, especially
7. Initialism of gross annual revenue.
   abbreviation, alt-of, initialism

Equivalents

Examples

“Gars are long, slender, predatory fishes of quiet waters east of the Rockies.”

“He was a Yankee and they say⟳ he would not hang⟳ a man who had been in the G.A.R.”

“No crops had ever grown before at the high altitude of Menshih Township of Gar County at the foot of Kangtiszu Peak.”

西藏巨变

“The figures indicate⟳ that Han peoples form⟳ 12 per cent of the registered residents of Gar county, and that Tibetans are 87.5 per cent of the county and 97.6 per cent of the prefecture.⁵⁸”

CEFR level