billfishes

Noun

• primitive predaceous North American fish covered with hard scales and having long jaws with needlelike teeth
• giant warm-water game fish having a prolonged and rounded toothless upper jaw
• slender long-beaked fish of temperate Atlantic waters
• elongate European surface-dwelling predacious fishes with long toothed jaws; abundant in coastal waters
• plural of billfish

Synonyms

billfish, gar, garfish, garpike, Lepisosteus osseus, needlefish, saury, Scomberesox saurus