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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" :   family Belonidae, scombroid fish, Lepisosteus osseus, Scomberesox saurus, Lepisosteus, teleost, gar, genus Scombresox, needlefish, spearfish, family Istiophoridae, genus Lepisosteus, marlin, garpike, teleost fish, Scomberesox, ganoid fish, genus Scomberesox, teleostan, scombroid, Belonidae, ganoid, timucu, garfish, Scombresox


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