Billfish

n.

1.

(Zool.) A name applied to several distinct fishes

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

ganoid, ganoid fish, gar, garfish, garpike, genus Lepisosteus, Lepisosteus, Lepisosteus osseus