billfish (n.)

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

    [ Syn: gar , garfish , garpike , lepisosteus osseus ]

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

  3. slender long-beaked fish of temperate Atlantic waters

    [ Syn: saury , scomberesox saurus ]

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

    [ Syn: needlefish , gar ]

The dictionary is based on the WordNet Electronic Lexical Database.
WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2011 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.