English dictionary

billfish

/'b/I/l,f/I//S/

Definitions, examples, synonyms and antonyms from WordNet 3.0.

noun

primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth

noun.animal

Synonyms gar garfish garpike lepisosteus osseus

Source: WordNet 3.0
giant warm-water game fish having a prolonged and rounded toothless upper jaw

noun.animal

Source: WordNet 3.0
slender long-beaked fish of temperate Atlantic waters

noun.animal

Synonyms saury scomberesox saurus

Source: WordNet 3.0
elongate European surface-dwelling predacious fishes with long toothed jaws; abundant in coastal waters

noun.animal

Synonyms gar needlefish

Source: WordNet 3.0
A name applied to several distinct fishes

noun

Source: webster1913