Billfish - Definition
billfish
n 1: primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard
scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth [syn:
gar, garfish, garpike, billfish, Lepisosteus
osseus]
2: giant warm-water game fish having a prolonged and rounded
toothless upper jaw
3: slender long-beaked fish of temperate Atlantic waters [syn:
saury, billfish, Scomberesox saurus]
4: elongate European surface-dwelling predacious fishes with
long toothed jaws; abundant in coastal waters [syn:
needlefish, gar, billfish]