billfish

Meaning

noun

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

Synonyms for billfish

• gar
• garfish
• garpike
• Lepisosteus osseus
• saury
• Scomberesox saurus
• needlefish