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Billfish   Listen
noun
Billfish  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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Words linked to "Billfish" :   gar, Scombresox, Scomberesox saurus, scombroid fish, Scomberesox, spearfish, family Istiophoridae, marlin, genus Scomberesox, Lepisosteus, teleost fish, genus Scombresox, garpike, ganoid fish, saury, family Belonidae, scombroid, ganoid


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