Saury \Sau"ry\, n.; pl. Sauries. [Etymol. uncertain.]
(Zo["o]l.)
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.