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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

HORN'FISH, n. The garfish or sea-needle, of the genus Esox.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Sauger Sau"ger, n. (Zo["o]l.) An American fresh-water food fish (Stizostedion Canadense); -- called also gray pike, blue pike, hornfish, land pike, sand pike, pickering, and pickerel.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Garfish 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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Hornfish Horn"fish`, n. [AS. hornfisc.] (Zo["o]l.) The garfish or sea needle.