Gorebill

2 definitions found

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

  Garfish \Gar"fish`\, n. [See {Gar}, n.] (Zool.)
     (a) A European marine fish ({Belone vulgaris}); -- called
         also {gar}, {gerrick}, {greenback}, {greenbone},
         {gorebill}, {hornfish}, {longnose}, {mackerel guide},
         {sea needle}, and {sea pike}.
     (b) One of several species of similar fishes of the genus


         {Tylosurus}, of which one species ({T. marinus}) is
         common on the Atlantic coast. {T. Caribb[ae]us}, a very
         large species, and {T. crassus}, are more southern; --
         called also {needlefish}. Many of the common names of the
         European garfish are also applied to the American
         species.
         [1913 Webster]

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

  Gorebill \Gore"bill`\, n. [2d gore + bill.] (Zool.)
     The garfish. [Prov. Eng.]
     [1913 Webster]