billfish

[Bill·fish`]

Primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth

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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).

Noun
elongate European surface-dwelling predacious fishes with long toothed jaws; abundant in coastal waters

Noun
slender long-beaked fish of temperate Atlantic waters

Noun
giant warm-water game fish having a prolonged and rounded toothless upper jaw

Noun
primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needle-like teeth


n.
A name applied to several distinct fishes

n.
The garfish (Tylosurus, / Belone, longirostris) and allied species.

n.
The saury, a slender fish of the Atlantic coast (Scomberesox saurus).

n.
The Tetrapturus albidus, a large oceanic species related to the swordfish; the spearfish.

n.
The American fresh-water garpike (Lepidosteus osseus).


Billfish

Bill"fish` , n. (Zo'94l.) 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).

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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