bill·fish (b l fsh )n. pl. billfish or bill·fish·es 1. Any of various fishes of the family Istiophoridae, such as a marlin or sailfish, having an elongated, swordlike or spearlike snout and upper jaw. 2. Any of various other fishes having long, pointed jaws. |
billfish [ˈbɪlˌfɪʃ]
n pl -fish, -fishes
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) US any of various fishes having elongated jaws, esp any fish of the family Istiophoridae, such as the spearfish and marlin
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| Noun | 1. |  billfish - primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needlelike teethganoid, ganoid fish - primitive fishes having thick bony scales with a shiny covering genus Lepisosteus, Lepisosteus - type genus of the Lepisosteidae: freshwater gars |
| 2. | billfish - giant warm-water game fish having a prolonged and rounded toothless upper jaw scombroid, scombroid fish - important marine food and game fishes found in all tropical and temperate seas; some are at least partially endothermic and can thrive in colder waters family Istiophoridae, Istiophoridae - sailfishes; spearfishes; marlins marlin - large long-jawed oceanic sport fishes; related to sailfishes and spearfishes; not completely cold-blooded i.e. able to warm their brains and eyes spearfish - any of several large vigorous pelagic fishes resembling sailfishes but with first dorsal fin much reduced; worldwide but rare | |
| 3. |  billfish - slender long-beaked fish of temperate Atlantic waters | |
| 4. |  billfish - elongate European surface-dwelling predacious fishes with long toothed jaws; abundant in coastal watersBelonidae, family Belonidae - ferocious fishes of warm regions resembling but unrelated to the freshwater gars timucu - found in warm waters of western Atlantic |
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