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Definitions of 'billfish' Wordnet 

1. (noun) gar, garfish, garpike, billfish, Lepisosteus osseus
primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth

2. (noun) billfish
giant warm-water game fish having a prolonged and rounded toothless upper jaw

3. (noun) saury, billfish, Scomberesox saurus
slender long-beaked fish of temperate Atlantic waters

4. (noun) needlefish, gar, billfish
elongate European surface-dwelling predacious fishes with long toothed jaws; abundant in coastal waters


Definitions of 'billfish' Webster 1913 Dictionary 

1. (noun) billfish
a name applied to several distinct fishes

2. (noun) billfish
the garfish (Tylosurus, / Belone, longirostris) and allied species

3. (noun) billfish
the saury, a slender fish of the Atlantic coast (Scomberesox saurus)

4. (noun) billfish
the Tetrapturus albidus, a large oceanic species related to the swordfish; the spearfish

5. (noun) billfish
the American fresh-water garpike (Lepidosteus osseus)


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