scomberesox saurus

from WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006)

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

from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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}.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

Skipper \Skip"per\, n.
   1. One who, or that which, skips.
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   2. A young, thoughtless person. --Shak.
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   3. (Zool.) The saury ({Scomberesox saurus}).
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   4. The cheese maggot. See {Cheese fly}, under {Cheese}.
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   5. (Zool.) Any one of numerous species of small butterflies
      of the family {Hesperiadae}; -- so called from their
      peculiar short, jerking flight.
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from The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

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}).
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