Billfish

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Saury \Sau"ry\, n.; pl. {Sauries}. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Zool.)
     A slender marine fish ({Scomberesox saurus}) of Europe and
     America. It has long, thin, beaklike jaws. Called also
     {billfish}, {gowdnook}, {gawnook}, {skipper}, {skipjack},
     {skopster}, {lizard fish}, and {Egypt herring}.
     [1913 Webster]



From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Billfish \Bill"fish`\ (b[i^]l"f[i^]sh`), n. (Zool.)
     A name applied to several distinct fishes:
     (a) The garfish ({Tylosurus longirostris}, or {Belone
         longirostris}) and allied species.
     (b) The saury, a slender fish of the Atlantic coast
         ({Scomberesox saurus}).
     (c) The {Tetrapturus albidus}, a large oceanic species
         related to the swordfish; the spearfish.
     (d) The American fresh-water garpike ({Lepidosteus osseus}).
         [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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)]