Gars are an ancient group of ray-finned fish in the family Lepisosteidae. They comprise seven living species of fish in two genera that inhabit fresh,...
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Gar may also refer to: Gar, Fars, a village in Iran Gar, Sistan and Baluchestan, a village in Iran Shiquanhe, Tibet, a town also known as Gar Gar County...
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The alligator gar (Atractosteus spatula) is a euryhaline ray-finned fish in the clade Ginglymodi of the infraclass Holostei /hoʊˈlɒstiaɪ/, being most...
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The tropical gar (Atractosteus tropicus) is a species of fish from Central America, where it is found in the Pacific and Atlantic drainages from southern...
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The longnose gar (Lepisosteus osseus), also known as longnose garpike or billy gar, is a ray-finned fish in the family Lepisosteidae. The genus may have...
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Gars or GARS may refer to: Gars am Inn, a municipality Bavaria, Germany Gars Abbey, a monastery founded in 768 in Gars am Inn Gars, Alpes-Maritimes, a...
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popular systems of Southern Kung Fu. These styles were Lau Gar, Li Gar, Mok Gar, Choy Gar, and Hung Gar. The names of the styles reflect the surname of the particular...
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Grand Army of the Republic (redirect from G.A.R.)
The Grand Army of the Republic (GAR) was a fraternal organization composed of veterans of the Union Army (United States Army), Union Navy (U.S. Navy)...
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Gar Tsangpo (Tibetan: སྒར་གཙང་པོ, Wylie: sgar gtsang po; Chinese: 噶尔藏布; pinyin: Găěr Zàngbù), also called Gartang or Gar River, is a headwater of the Indus...
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USS Gar (SS-206) was the first of the Gar subclass of the Tambor-class submarines to be commissioned for the United States Navy just prior to the country's...
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Gary Charles "Gar" Samuelson (February 18, 1958 – July 14, 1999) was an American musician best remembered for being the drummer for thrash metal band...
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The spotted gar (Lepisosteus oculatus) is a freshwater fish native to North America that has an abundance of dark spots on its head, fins, and dart-like...
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Choy Gar, also Caijia Quan (Chinese: 蔡家拳, Choy family fist), is a Chinese martial art deriving its name from the Cantonese-born founder, Choy Gau Lee...
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Helan går is a popular Swedish drinking song, or snapsvisa. Helan ("the whole") is an expression signifying the first (small) glass of spirit (commonly...
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Gar Kud (Persian: گرکدو, also Romanized as Garkadou; also known as Bakhshī, Gar-e Kadū, Gar Kadū, and Gar Kodū) is a village in Doshman Ziari Rural District...
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AIM-4 Falcon (redirect from Hughes GAR-1/GAR-2 Falcon)
policy changed again, and the missile was again redesignated GAR-1. The initial GAR-1 and GAR-2 models entered service in 1956. It armed the Northrop F-89...
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Garfield Wood (redirect from Gar Wood)
Garfield Arthur "Gar" Wood (December 4, 1880 – June 19, 1971) was an American inventor, entrepreneur, and championship motorboat builder and racer who...
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Troy Garity (born July 7, 1973) is an American actor. He is known for his role as Isaac in the Barbershop film series and as Barry Winchell in the television...
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Atractosteus tristoechus. The Cuban gar (Atractosteus tristoechus), also known as the manjuarí, is a fish in the...
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32°08′08″N 100°27′23″E / 32.1356°N 100.4565°E / 32.1356; 100.4565 Larung Gar (Tibetan: བླ་རུང་སྒར་, Wylie: bla rung sgar, Chinese: 洛若乡, luoruoxiang) in...
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Thomas Garfield "Gar" Knutson, PC (born May 4, 1956) is a lawyer and former member of the Parliament of Canada, as well as a former Cabinet Minister in...
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Gyfu (redirect from Gar (rune))
balance in friendships. In addition to gyfu, the Anglo-Saxon futhorc has the gār rune ⟨ᚸ⟩, named after a species of medieval spear. It is attested epigraphically...
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Mohammadabad-e Gar Gar (Persian: محمدابادگرگر, also Romanized as Moḩammadābād-e Gar Gar and Moḩammadābād-e Kar Kar; also known as Moḩammadābād) is a village...
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related to Lepisosteus platyrhincus. The Florida gar (Lepisosteus platyrhincus) is a species of gar found in the US from the Savannah River and Ochlockonee...
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Lagash Ur-gar or Ur-nig (Sumerian: 𒌨𒃻) was the last ensi of Lagash circa 2100 BCE (middle chronology), roughly contemporaneous with the last king of...
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AIM-26 Falcon (redirect from GAR-11 Falcon)
heat-seeking versions based on the conventional GAR-1/GAR-2 weapons, under the designations GAR-5 and GAR-6, respectively. The original program was cancelled...
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Gar-Field Senior High School is a senior high school in Woodbridge in Prince William County, Virginia, United States, educating students in grades 9 to...
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Gar may be a clan name, given name and/or nickname. The Gar, mGar or sGar clan has included the following people: Gar Tongtsen Yülsung (590–667), Tibetan...
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The shortnose gar (Lepisosteus platostomus) is a primitive freshwater fish of the family Lepisosteidae. It is native to the United States where its range...
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