Canadian English Meaning of billfish

Billfish

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Definitions and Meaning of billfish in English

Wordnet

billfish (n)

primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth

giant warm-water game fish having a prolonged and rounded toothless upper jaw

slender long-beaked fish of temperate Atlantic waters

elongate European surface-dwelling predacious fishes with long toothed jaws; abundant in coastal waters

Webster

billfish (n.)

A name applied to several distinct fishes

The garfish (Tylosurus, / Belone, longirostris) and allied species.

The saury, a slender fish of the Atlantic coast (Scomberesox saurus).

The Tetrapturus albidus, a large oceanic species related to the swordfish; the spearfish.

The American fresh-water garpike (Lepidosteus osseus).

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Billfish

primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth, giant warm-water game fish having a prolonged and

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