Crossword clues for billfish
billfish
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Wiktionary
n. Any of several fish, of the family ''(taxlink Istiophoridae family noshow=1)'', that have an elongated jaw
WordNet
n. primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needle-like teeth [syn: gar, garfish, garpike, Lepisosteus osseus]
giant warm-water game fish having a prolonged and rounded toothless upper jaw
slender long-beaked fish of temperate Atlantic waters [syn: saury, Scomberesox saurus]
elongate European surface-dwelling predacious fishes with long toothed jaws; abundant in coastal waters [syn: needlefish, gar]
[also: billfishes (pl)]
Wikipedia
The largest billfish, the Atlantic blue marlin, weighs up to 820 kg (1800 lb) and has been classified as a vulnerable species.
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The term billfish refers to a group of predatory fish characterised by prominent bills, or rostra, and by their large size; some are longer than 4 m (13 ft). Billfish include sailfish and marlin, which make up the family Istiophoridae, and swordfish, sole member of the family Xiphiidae. They are apex predators which feed on a wide variety of smaller fish, crustaceans, and cephalopods.
Billfish are pelagic and highly migratory. They are found in all oceans, although they usually inhabit tropical and subtropical waters; swordfish are found in temperate waters, as well. Billfish use their long spears or sword-like upper beaks to slash at and stun prey during feeding. Their bills can also be used to spear prey, and have been known to spear boats (probably accidentally), but they are not normally used in that way. They are highly valued as gamefish by sports fishermen.
Usage examples of "billfish".
I hate to break this to you first-tour officers but against the Russians, an SPL is a hell of a lot different than the exercise we did against Billfish in the Med.
And unlike our exercise with the Billfish, the Russian is not under orders to be nice and control his course and speed for us.
The USS Billfish cruised slowly northeast at four knots, bare steerage way, at a depth of 658 feet.
USS billfish Commander Harrison Toth IV stepped up to the periscope stand of the USS billfish, shouldering aside the heavy curtain surrounding the periscope stand that was used to screen out the glow from the control-room instruments when the room was rigged for black.
USS billfish As billfish levelled out at 546 feet the broadband sonar trace on the video repeater winked out.
USS billfish The eerie, detached feeling left Commander Toth abruptly.
The Billfish had blown the AKULA out of the water, but not before it had launched a cruise missile at the coast of the United States of America.
BIGMOUTH antenna of the USS Billfish came out of the sail and transmitted the remarkable, harrowing message.
They were out there every day, setting thirty-mile-long nets to intercept the migrators, and they were getting everything: tuna and billfish, mackerel and wahoos, sharks and bonitos and jacks and porpoises.
Chubby withered me with a glance that told me clearly that he had been pulling the steel into billfish when I was still a gutter kid in a London slum.
Chubby watched anxiously, and I wondered once again how he had managed all these years to fool her on the billfish bonus.
EZ-Boy, and then he half stood, and lifted her, held her suspended above the floor like a billfish on the deck of a big-game boat.
As Lieutenant Sullivan opened the hatch, the XO of the USS Billfish called out to Mac.
The intercom activated, and they were informed that the Billfish was standing by to dive.
Still anchored piggyback-style on the deck of the Billfish, the DSRV slid beneath the surface of the sea.