billfish

1. (noun) giant warm-water game fish having a prolonged and rounded toothless upper jaw
Related Words: marlin, scombroid, scombroid fish, spearfish

2. (noun) slender long-beaked fish of temperate Atlantic waters
Synonyms: Scomberesox saurus, saury
Related Words: teleost, teleost fish, teleostan

3. (noun) elongate European surface-dwelling predacious fishes with long toothed jaws; abundant in coastal waters
Synonyms: gar, needlefish
Related Words: teleost, teleost fish, teleostan, timucu

4. (noun) primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needle-like teeth
Synonyms: Lepisosteus osseus, gar, garfish, garpike
Related Words: ganoid, ganoid fish



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