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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)]