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Billfish

Billfish Meaning & Definition
Billfish Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Billfish?

[n] elongate European surface-dwelling predacious fishes with long toothed jaws; abundant in coastal waters
[n] slender long-beaked fish of temperate Atlantic waters
[n] giant warm-water game fish having a prolonged and rounded toothless upper jaw
[n] primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needle-like teeth

Synonyms | Synonyms for Billfish: gar | garfish | garpike | Lepisosteus osseus | needlefish | saury | Scomberesox saurus

Related Terms | Find terms related to Billfish:

See Also | Belonidae | family Belonidae | family Istiophoridae | ganoid | ganoid fish | genus Lepisosteus | genus Scomberesox | genus Scombresox | Istiophoridae | Lepisosteus | marlin | Scomberesox | Scombresox | scombroid | scombroid fish | spearfish | teleost | teleost fish | teleostan | timucu

Billfish In Webster's Dictionary

\Bill"fish`\, n. (Zo["o]l.) A name applied to several distinct fishes: (a) The garfish ({Tylosurus, or Belone, longirostris}) and allied species. (b) The saury, a slender fish of the Atlantic coast ({Scomberesox saurus}). (c) The {Tetrapturus albidus}, a large oceanic species related to the swordfish; the spearfish. (d) The American fresh-water garpike ({Lepidosteus osseus}).

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