About The Word Saury
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Saury
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What's The Definition Of Saury?
[n] slender long-beaked fish of temperate Atlantic waters
Synonyms | Synonyms for Saury: billfish | Scomberesox saurus Related Terms | Find terms related to Saury: See Also | genus Scomberesox | genus Scombresox | Scomberesox | Scombresox | teleost | teleost fish | teleostan Saury In Webster's Dictionary \Sau"ry\, n.; pl. {Sauries}. [Etymol. uncertain.]
(Zo["o]l.)
A slender marine fish ({Scomberesox saurus}) of Europe and
America. It has long, thin, beaklike jaws. Called also
{billfish}, {gowdnook}, {gawnook}, {skipper}, {skipjack},
{skopster}, {lizard fish}, and {Egypt herring}.
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