Billfish Definition & Meaning
billfish
- noun
- primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth
- giant warm-water game fish having a prolonged and rounded toothless upper jaw
- slender long-beaked fish of temperate Atlantic waters
- elongate European surface-dwelling predacious fishes with long toothed jaws; abundant in coastal waters
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