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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" :   ganoid, Scombresox, teleost fish, scombroid fish, teleostan, Istiophoridae, spearfish, family Istiophoridae, Scomberesox, ganoid fish, Lepisosteus, genus Scomberesox, Belonidae, scombroid, marlin, genus Lepisosteus, family Belonidae, teleost, genus Scombresox, timucu


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