saury n 1: slender long-beaked fish of temperate Atlantic waters [syn: {saury}, {billfish}, {Scomberesox saurus}]
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]