DICT.TW Dictionary Taiwan
3.129.67.248

Search for:
[Show options]
[Pronunciation] [Help] [Database Info] [Server Info]

2 definitions found

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 billfishes
      See billfish

From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 billfish
      n 1: primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard
           scales and having long jaws with needle-like 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]
      [also: billfishes (pl)]