billfish Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth
    garpike; garfish; gar; Lepisosteus osseus.
  2. noun giant warm-water game fish having a prolonged and rounded toothless upper jaw
  3. noun slender long-beaked fish of temperate Atlantic waters
    saury; Scomberesox saurus.
  4. noun elongate European surface-dwelling predacious fishes with long toothed jaws; abundant in coastal waters
    needlefish; gar.

WordNet

Bill"fish` noun
Definitions
  1. (Zoöl.) A name applied to several distinct fishes: (a) The garfish (Tylosurus, 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).

Webster 1913