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 |