billfish

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noun

1. primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth
• Syn:
gar, garfish, garpike, Lepisosteus osseus
• Hypernyms:
ganoid, ganoid fish
• Member Holonyms:
Lepisosteus, genus Lepisosteus
2. giant warm-water game fish having a prolonged and rounded toothless upper jaw
• Hypernyms:
scombroid, scombroid fish
• Hyponyms:
marlin, spearfish
• Member Holonyms:
Istiophoridae, family Istiophoridae
3. slender long-beaked fish of temperate Atlantic waters
• Syn:
saury, Scomberesox saurus
• Hypernyms:
teleost fish, teleost, teleostan
• Member Holonyms:
Scomberesox, genus Scomberesox, Scombresox, genus Scombresox
4. elongate European surface-dwelling predacious fishes with long toothed jaws;
abundant in coastal waters
• Syn:
needlefish, gar
• Hypernyms:
teleost fish, teleost, teleostan
• Hyponyms:
timucu
• Member Holonyms:
Belonidae, family Belonidae