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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: gar, needlefish.





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Words linked to "Billfish" :   teleost fish, ganoid, scombroid, teleost, marlin, Scomberesox, genus Scomberesox, Scomberesox saurus, Scombresox, family Istiophoridae, scombroid fish, spearfish, Lepisosteus, genus Scombresox, Belonidae, ganoid fish, Istiophoridae, genus Lepisosteus, teleostan, family Belonidae, timucu


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