Thesaurus: billfish

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1. n. A name applied to several distinct fishes
2. n. The garfish (Tylosurus, / Belone, longirostris) and allied species.
3. n. The saury, a slender fish of the Atlantic coast (Scomberesox saurus).
4. n. The Tetrapturus albidus, a large oceanic species related to the swordfish; the spearfish.
5. n. The American fresh-water garpike (Lepidosteus osseus).
6. n. primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth
7. n. giant warm-water game fish having a prolonged and rounded toothless upper jaw
8. n. slender long-beaked fish of temperate Atlantic waters
9. n. elongate European surface-dwelling predacious fishes with long toothed jaws; abundant in coastal waters
10. 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).
11. A name applied to several distinct fishes: (a) The garfish(Tylosurus, or Belone, longirostris) and allied species. (b) Thesaury, a slender fish of the Atlantic coast (Scomberesox saurus). (c)The Tetrapturus albidus, a large oceanic species related to theswordfish; the spearfish. (d) The American fresh-water garpike(Lepidosteus osseus).
12. n:100 n. giant warm-water game fish having a prolonged and rounded toothless upper jaw