billfish
1. [ noun ] (zoology) slender long-beaked fish of temperate Atlantic waters
Synonyms: Scomberesox_saurus saury
Related terms: teleost_fish Scomberesox
2. [ noun ] (zoology) giant warm-water game fish having a prolonged and rounded toothless upper jaw
Related terms: scombroid spearfish marlin Istiophoridae
3. [ noun ] (zoology) primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needle-like teeth
Synonyms: garfish garpike Lepisosteus_osseus gar
Related terms: ganoid Lepisosteus
4. [ noun ] (zoology) elongate European surface-dwelling predacious fishes with long toothed jaws; abundant in coastal waters
Synonyms: gar needlefish
Related terms: teleost_fish timucu Belonidae
Similar spelling:   Billips
  Billups
  bullfight