WordNet
billfishes
See billfish
billfish
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)]