Definition of 'billfish'

Noun

1. primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth
      Synonyms: 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
      Synonyms: saury Scomberesox saurus
4. elongate European surface-dwelling predacious fishes with long toothed jaws; abundant in coastal waters
      Synonyms: needlefish gar

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