billfish
n 1: primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard
scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth [syn:
{gar}, {garfish}, {garpike}, {billfish}, {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 [syn:
{saury}, {billfish}, {Scomberesox saurus}]
4: elongate European surface-dwelling predacious fishes with
long toothed jaws; abundant in coastal waters [syn:
{needlefish}, {gar}, {billfish}]
Saury \Sau"ry\, n.; pl. {Sauries}. [Etymol. uncertain.] (Zool.)
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}.
[1913 Webster]
Billfish \Bill"fish`\ (b[i^]l"f[i^]sh`), n. (Zool.)
A name applied to several distinct fishes:
(a) The garfish ({Tylosurus longirostris}, or {Belone
longirostris}) and allied species.
(b) The saury, a slender fish of the Atlantic coast
({Scomberesox saurus}).
(c) The {Tetrapturus albidus}, a large oceanic species
related to the swordfish; the spearfish.
(d) The American fresh-water garpike ({Lepidosteus osseus}).
[1913 Webster]